Word: pinking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...over Augusta, Ga. was clear and blue, the sun was bright, and the wind was brisk and bracing. Azalea and pink dogwood bloomed along the green fairways of the Augusta National Golf Club...
What makes TIME feel that the pulpits of America are immune to infiltration of Communistic ideology? The halo surrounding some of our pulpits is a lovely pastel pink. The teachings of a social gospel present a most fertile ground for any liberal preacher to lean toward the "left." Remember, the church teaches that "none is infallible." This also includes the clergy...
...diversions--the American millionaire, the comic landlady--are written and played as stereotypes. Because of Julie Harris, however, I Am a Camera successfully captures the Sally of the Berlin Stories. The immature, flambouyant nymphomaniac steps from the book as Miss Harris sweeps on to the stage with a garish pink scarf, a long cigarette holder, and delicious dreams of floating down the Nile with "sensual Arabs watching from the tops of pyramids...
...varies throughout the Black Republic, according to local artistry and whimsy. In Colonie des Vacances. a prosperous village of whitewashed mud and thatch huts outside Port-au-Prince's fashionable suburb of Pétionville, he is usually a raffish, cotton-stuffed fellow in sport jacket with a pink boutonniere, a big cigar and harlequin glasses; in remote Basse Guinaudée (pop. 300) on the southern peninsula, he is a rustic with a ragged face and sisal beard...
...Wonderful Town, took a night off to play the part of the prince's scene-stealing valet, and indulge in some jaunty clowning. Biggest joke of all was John Butler's deadpan ballet-a sextet of nymphs and fauns taking authentic antique poses in long pink underwear-that started the audience giggling, and left it howling with laughter...