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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The work pace was set by Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson, who called for final passage of an omnibus housing bill before Congress starts its Lincoln's Birthday recess on Feb. 9. Senate Housing Chairman John Sparkman rushed through hearings on his bill almost before witnesses had time to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: Speedup | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

The story gets off to a brisk start with Cliché No. 1: an Army outpost in the Arctic, in which 104 G.I.s sit stiff with boredom. Until Cliché No. 2, a gorgeous psychologist (Janet Leigh) of the WAC, recommends a policy of vicarious leave-send one man on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 9, 1959 | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

Ne Kulturny, For the prospective traveler in the U.S.S.R. Levine supplies a cautionary list of what is ne kulturny (not cultured). Russians frown on low-cut dresses and stockingless legs, and scorn women who wear hats or coats in restaurants. Men should never put their feet on desks or cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Double Vision | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

When he is not blasting off from this rocket tower of Babel, Author Bradbury is an eerily engaging host at the Interstellar Hilton.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: From Here to Infinity | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

The gap between a totalitarian state and a "Titotalitarian" one is so narrow that even a writ of habeas corpus cannot pass through it, but the Tito version may be more tempting to the satirist. In this book Anglo-Irish Novelist Lawrence Durrell, who once served with the British embassy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Slivovitz | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

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