Search Details

Word: pert (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...others, Paul Barstow's quiet and noble Duke Senior, Richard Conrad's tuneful Amiens and Maggie Zizkind's pert, English-sparrowish Celia merit attention and more space than I can give them...

Author: By Anthony Hiss, | Title: As You Like It | 7/6/1961 | See Source »

...Lord Chamberlain. His jaundiced eye fell upon the lyrics of a song scheduled for a forthcoming revue prophetically entitled The Lord Chamberlain Regrets . . . Noting that the song concerns "the wife of a head of state," the Lord Chamberlain ordered the skit deleted, depriving Londoners of a chance of seeing pert Actress Jill Ireland, 24, impersonate Jacqueline Kennedy. The lyrics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Jackie & Jill | 6/16/1961 | See Source »

Died. Pamela Wilde Kastner Garroway, 34, pert second wife of TV Star Dave (Today) Garroway; presumably from an overdose of barbiturates; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 5, 1961 | 5/5/1961 | See Source »

Irma La Douce. Elizabeth Seal is the tenderest tart in this pert musical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Apr. 14, 1961 | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

...Virginity finds a nice young boy and girl immobilized with modesty as they try to make love for the first time. "Tomorrow morning, maybe?" she asks shyly at the fade. "It's a shame to waste the room." Marriage (written and directed by René Clair) is a pert disquisition on honeymoon hysterics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Seven Ages of Woman | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

Previous | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | Next