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Word: nods (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nod & Gun. In Miami, Eugibio Vargas went to sleep holding a pistol, dreamed that he was being attacked, awoke to find that he had shot himself in the left hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 6, 1959 | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

NUCLEAR BOMBER will be designed by Convair, which won Government nod over Lockheed. The near-sonic plane, to be powered by a G.E. nuclear plant, would be roughly the size...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Mar. 30, 1959 | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

...Nod Coward's dialogue for this turn-of-the-century French farce is broad more often than bright, and Cyril Ritchard's direction is often as agitated as it is agile. The cast works hard for its laughs, but it does get them. Tammy Grimes chirps and wiggles saucily, although she suggests a visiting British cutup rather than a Parisian cocotte. Cecil Beaton's settings are like a brilliant tropical aquarium with a lavish flora of swirling, colorful gowns and hats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Mar. 16, 1959 | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

...first time in five years the Crimson sextet faces the strong possibility of no invitation to the post-season NCAA playoffs to be held three weeks hence at Troy, N.Y. A more difficult question is who will get the nod, for this winter's Eastern intercollegiate hockey has been the wackiest in recent years...

Author: By John R.adler, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 2/20/1959 | See Source »

Secretary Stimson gingerly put his left hand in the jar, took the first capsule he touched, handed it to Mr. Roosevelt. The President, old stager that he was, glanced at the newsreel and radio men, got their nod before he intoned: "The first number is one-five-eight." Registration serial number 158, held by some 6175 registrants throughout the U.S., thus became Draft Order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Part of Their Lives | 1/26/1959 | See Source »

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