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Word: nice (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...enraged by this time. He climbed out of the car and slammed the door so hard that the snow on the roof slid off on the ground. "Maybe Durocher was right," he mused as he started back to his room, "nice guys finish last...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 3/1/1952 | See Source »

...Taft, who doesn't like to be led around by the arm, turned abruptly away from the politicos. "We have time for more questions," he said sharply. After a conference with organized labor representatives, a C.I.O. Marine Cooks & Stewards Union director said: "He seems like a pretty nice guy, but they wouldn't give him time to answer all our questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Quite a Lad | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...Madame Sukarno and 300 diplomatic guests, featuring a four-hour Javanese dance. His confidence was a little misplaced. This week Indonesia's ten-month-old cabinet seemed to be riding for a shakeup, if not a fall. Everybody agreed that $8,000,000 from America would be nice, but no one was ready to curtsy a thank you, or call the U.S. friend in any way that could be interpreted as meaningful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: Born Yesterday | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...merchandise locally. In Venezuela, where it found few manufacturers geared to its high volume and rigid specifications when it opened its first store two years ago, Sears now buys 30% of its goods. In Brazil, Sears lost money in 1950 but last year Wood said it made a "nice profit." In the whole Latin American operation Sears expects to make $5,000,000 this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: The General's General Store | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...picture shows Zapata (Marlon Brando) as a somewhat crude but noble fellow with a nice regard for the social amenities. He is also characterized as a thinker and talker, as well as a brawler. According to the movie, he is a sort of middle-of-the-road democrat who repudiates both dictators and rabid revolutionists. When the real-life Zapata wasn't busy killing his enemies, he found time to go through bogus marriage ceremonies with 26 women, only one of whom he wed legally. The film Tiger is permitted only one beauteous señorita (Jean Peters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 11, 1952 | 2/11/1952 | See Source »

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