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Word: pints (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...part somewhat beyond the means of his talent, and manages at least to convince the spectator that half an oaf is better than none. As for Anna, nothing like her kind of corset farce has come out of Hollywood since the late Marie Dressier delicately tucked a pint of hooch in her grandmotherly bosom. One moment Actress Magnani comes lurching on-camera as shapeless as a burlap bag full of cantaloupes; the next she is sleazing through the dusk in black lace with the toothsome glitter of a backstreet-walker in Naples. And she battles her way into a girdle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: World's Greatest Actress | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

...Sight. In Memphis, after finishing his second pint of gin, Huel Jones accused his wife of hiding the third pint, wounded her in the side with a .22, ruefully told police: "She never hid that gin; I forgot I already drank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 19, 1955 | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

...annual Red Cross fall blood drive ended yesterday afternoon with a total collection of 887 pints, the chairman of the drive announced last night. Donations fell short both of the 1000 pint goal and of last year's 1066 pint collection...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fall Blood Campaign Fails to Reach Goal | 12/10/1955 | See Source »

...serving take two dressed quail, simmer in one pint of chicken broth for 15 minutes; remove birds from broth and pluck meat from bones, returning the meat (finely chopped) to broth until cooked; thicken with one tablespoon of flour, season to taste and serve on toast points or with hominy grits. (The President prefers grits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 28, 1955 | 11/28/1955 | See Source »

Only 518 students have pledged a pint as opposed to over 700 last spring, DeCaro said. On the basis of last year's statistics, he expects only two-thirds of these students to actually donate their blood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blood Pledges Lag Behind '54-55 Total | 11/3/1955 | See Source »

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