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Word: pantsed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The latest addition to the Eton-Harrow-Rugby tradition deals with Borstal,*an equally exclusive institution reserved for young English criminals. Brendan Behan, a Borstal Old Boy, has written about his three years in Borstal tie and short, school-uniform pants ("like a bleedin' boy scout"). The second published...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Old School Noose | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

Mrs. Cannon remembers a very different Radcliffe in her day. "We couldn't go into the Square without gloves or hats, nor could we wear pants in theatrical productions. We lived in boarding houses. No women were allowed in Harvard Yard. However, our main advantage was having tiny classes. Professors...

Author: By Alice P. Albright, | Title: Mrs. Cannon | 2/26/1959 | See Source »

Around the swimming pool, by day, a trio of little girls (ages 3½, 2½, and ½ raise continual riot. A yellow parrot named Jethroe screeches, whistles and squawks "There's a girl" whenever Mamma glides past in skintight velvet pants. A hefty brother-in-law lounges around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JUKEBOX: Write Is Wrong | 2/23/1959 | 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 »

Men may wear the pants in the family, but it is the women who choose them. So said Du Pont last week after a survey of 728 married couples. It reported that 85% of the women and 67% of the men thought it was the wife's responsibility to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Woman's Domain | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

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