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Word: palmful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Writing on the Palm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 16, 1972 | 10/16/1972 | See Source »

...smile and a handshake. At the bar, he snared his drink like a swimmer taking a racing-turn in slow-motion and continued to make the rounds of the room. As we shook hands, I noticed that four letters were written in felt tip black ink across the carmel palm of his right hand. The letters were "FMBC". I asked him what they stood...

Author: By Tony Hill, | Title: A Troubled Alliance Endures | 10/11/1972 | See Source »

Died. Akim Tamiroff, 72, versatile character actor with tragicomic phiz and Volga-rich voice; in Palm Springs, Calif. Trained at the Moscow Art Theater, Tamiroff accompanied its repertory troupe on a tour of the U.S. in 1923 and stayed behind to act on Broadway. In 1932 he moved to Hollywood to begin a long film career that spanned more than 60 films. Although he never lost his thick Russian accent, Tamiroff plausibly played characters of nearly every nationality and won two Academy Award nominations for supporting actor-as the sinister Chinese warlord in The General Died at Dawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 2, 1972 | 10/2/1972 | See Source »

...warmth. George McGovern's mouth, however, was a disaster-too weak and narrow for a winner. Asano reconfirmed his diagnosis with palmistry. Sure enough, enlarged photos of the Nixon hands showed an unmistakably straighter head line, which begins between the thumb and index finger and runs across the palm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASIA: Haruspeculation | 9/25/1972 | See Source »

...last report, Lilly was somewhere near West Palm Beach, Fla., using an alias and working as a housekeeper for a rich retired couple. The Public Health Service has alerted state police and health authorities. "Looking at the evidence," says Dr. Stewart, "there's no doubt in my mind that she killed her husband and tried the same thing with the other men. And she'll try it again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Where Is Arsenic Lilly? | 8/28/1972 | See Source »

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