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Word: parker (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Holy flowers floating in the dawn of Jazz America.") And when he tries to describe jazz, he reaches the heights of the ridiculous. ("ta-tup-EE-da-de-deraRup ...") It's difficult to see why, in the day of LP's, he thinks it necessary to compete with Charlie Parker on paper...

Author: By John H. Fincher, | Title: Beat Generation's Busy Dissipation | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

...Later, the emissaries from still more temples of luxury arrived−Chris-tolfe (silver), Baccarat (crystal), Fare (gloves). Altogether, some 120 top French business executives made the pilgrimage along with Cover Girl Marie-Hélène Arnaux, France's answer to U.S. Model Suzy Parker. Dallas was frankly overwhelmed. Oohed one Southern Methodist University coed: "Gee. I hardly know what's going on. We've only had three weeks of French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MERCHANDISING: Dallas in Wonderland | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...specter of divorce again loomed in the shadow of Buckingham Palace when Australian-born Lieut. Commander Michael Parker, 36, wartime sidekick of Prince Philip and his former private secretary, was sued by his wife on grounds of adultery. Party-loving Mike Parker resigned his palace job last February, a few hours after word leaked of the Parkers' separation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 14, 1957 | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

...admirably supported by an unusually talented cast. Cecil Parker and Michael Gough hilariously lampoon the stolidity of a pair of English industrialists without being in the least unkind or unlikable. And shapely Joan Greenwood is absolutely perfect as the rebellious daughter of the industrialist who employs our hero. She manages to portray the peaches and cream English type wanting to make a nest, yet at the same time a delightfully seductive sophisticate. One of the best minor roles in the film is carried by Vera Hope as a stalwart and outspoken labor organizer whose femininity shows through now and then...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: The Man in the White Suit | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

Editors assumed that Boulware had been fired, but G.E. President Ralph Cordiner denied it and fired off a letter to the New York Times. "The purpose of the move is to assure continuity of the policies and approaches pioneered by Mr. Boulware." Cordiner insisted that Parker will need long preparation for union negotiations in the next few years, and is a carefully selected comer with a bright reputation for making G.E. popular in plant communities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Boulware Bows Out | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

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