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Word: palmist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Between the Lines. In Toronto, Ont., Palmist Jean Long read a young woman's palm, "You'll be successful and helpful to others." next day was fined $25 for fortunetelling when her client turned out to be a policewoman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 24, 1959 | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

...Robinson, Thomas Mitchell, and C. Aubrey Smith. The brief scene in which the latter extolls the beauty of death while Robinson decides to murder him is a delightful mixture of the macabre and the amusing. But even Robinson, as a man compelled to realize the prophecy of a palmist who sees murder in his hand, gets tiresome in interminable chats with his inner self. And finally, the heavy hand descends again in a lurid and protracted climax...

Author: By R. E. Oldenburg, | Title: Flesh and Fantasy | 5/14/1953 | See Source »

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