Word: peeped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tied to a past they never suspected. Sir Edward John Chichester learned from conscientious Editor Pine that one of his ancestors was knighted in the 13th rather than the 14th century. Earl Howe, three of whose lordly antecedents fought Washington in the American Revolution and whose family never dared peep behind Henry VIII for forbears, learned that his line went right back to Richard I, second of the Plantagenets. "There is a very great probability," said Editor Pine last week of the Howe family, "that one of their ancestors came over with the Conqueror . . . I may trace a direct descent...
Like many a much-touted peep show, the document proved to be something less than advertised. Candidate Sparkman played it for all it was worth. He had his own Small Business Committee's name put on the report (which it had done nothing to prepare), wrote his own introduction to it. He distributed only a limited edition (35 copies) to newsmen and let them hunt for the details of the wicked international oil cartel they had heard so much about. But for all of Sparkman's buildup, the document turned out to be little but ancient history, nearly...
Among the world's few remaining kings, the monarchs of Southeast Asia are unique in one respect: they write music. King Phumiphon Adundet of Siam sold five songs (Falling Rain, Blue Night, etc.) to Mike Todd for his Broadway Peep Show. Phumiphon's neighbor. His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia (TIME, July 21), though affairs of state keep him on the run, also composes...
...Revere offer miles of jammed sand and plenty of cold, cold water. The gamester who doesn't shy at pitching a few pennies or getting a quick thrill in between swims via roller-coaster can find plenty of amusement at both beaches. "Walking Charlie," Pokerino, the Fun House, and peep shows are only part of the come-ons. There are long, dark, and grimy tunnels of love at both resorts. And if you don't feel like driving, several boats leave for Nantasket daily via Atlantic Avenue wharves in downtown Boston...
...gardens or into Harvard yard italics are Chambers (Marbury is a Harvard Overseer) (sic) and there perpetrated a disgusting outrage by making a monstrous charge against Alger Hiss--a charge which was automatically monstrous not only be-because it touched a friend but because it let the excluded world peep inquisitively over Marbury's cherished walls...