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Word: parisian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Packer Hall is nested on a ridge part way up South Mountain, and, architecturally, looks very much like a typical British dominion parliament building. Inside, long corridor lounges and spacious well-appointed dining rooms give Packer's basically functional layout a whiff of atmosphere not unlike that of a Parisian hotel built in the grand old manner...

Author: By Alan H. Grossman, | Title: Lehigh: Mountain Monolith Of 'Cultured' Engineering | 10/11/1958 | See Source »

...Venice grand prize went to an Italian cartoon commercial, "All Over the World"-a wild melange of cloaked Parisian policemen, covered wagons in the American West, a sexy Brazilian samba dancer, remorseless Russians firing a dog-filled Sputnik into space, and finally Italy, emerging in a burst of sun and sea. Sponsor: "Stock" Brandy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Oscars for Commercials | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

Finally moving on to Brussels via Paris, the ballet troupers scoured Parisian shops for all the shoes, Pancake Make-Up, eye shadow, nets, Kleenex, false hair, powder puffs and bobby pins they could carry. Wardrobe Master Leslie Copeland flew to London to buy white shirts for the men. Upon his arrival in Brussels, well-heeled Director Lucia Chase and company members cut off the incongruous pockets. The U.S. embassy in London scissored red tape to arrange immediate funds for air-freighting costumes, put the Rambert Giselle score in a Brussels-bound diplomatic pouch. In Brussels itself, one especially vital consignment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Ballet from the Ashes | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

Even as a schoolboy, Anthony is an odd one: an American with a background of wealth and parental indifference attending a Parisian lycee. At 15, eating ice cream and plum cake in a tearoom near the Madeleine, Anthony finds the courage to speak worshipfully to Christiane Mondor, a 22-year-old, swan-necked beauty who is moving through her first season of heady triumphs on the stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Upper Depths | 8/4/1958 | See Source »

CHEZ PA VAN, by Richard Llewellyn (527 pp.; Doubleday; $4.95), is one of those literary stews that have a savory aroma when served at the table. The scandalous secrets of a snobbish Parisian hotel promise more than enough meat for a pungent bestseller. But Bestselling Author (How Green Was My Valley) Llewellyn, though he studied in hotel schools, blends his ingredients with the heavy hand of a short-order fry cook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mixed Fiction, Aug. 4, 1958 | 8/4/1958 | See Source »

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