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Word: pleasing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some of Caen's best items come from an army of volunteer tipsters, who range from the Mission Street down-and-outers Caen calls "Skid Rowgues" to the high-and-flighty set he calls the "Nobhillbillies." Despite the fervent pleas of his longtime legman, Jerry Bundsen, 42, Caen refuses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Caliph of Baghdad | 7/1/1957 | See Source »

When will inflationary pressures ease? Reserve's Martin did not give an opinion, but both Budget Director Percival Brundage and Treasury Secretary George Humphrey testified that Government spending, a prime inflationary factor, is on the increase, largely for defense. The new spending will trim the fiscal 1957 budget surplus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Reaching for the Peak | 6/24/1957 | See Source »

The President of the U.S. hoisted the signals for a reappraisal of one of the fundamental policies of his Administration: the longstanding U.S. quarantine of Communist China. Last week, reflecting his own personal convictions, mounting pressure from such trade-strapped allies as Britain and Japan and the pleas of some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: New Signals on Peking | 6/17/1957 | See Source »

On the Double. Acting on his orders, Southern orators zeroed in on the jury-trial gimmick, forced New York's Emanuel Celler and other advocates into an uncomfortable posture of constant defense. Between speeches they clapped friendly arms around Republican shoulders, added private pleas to public petitions in behalf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Civil Fight on Civil Rights | 6/17/1957 | See Source »

Under the McClellan committee's thumb last week was Dave Beck Jr., 36-year-old, balding facsimile of his egg-bald Teamster-boss father. The long-elusive Junior lost no time on the amenities, plopped his 210-lb. frame into the witness chair, and settled right down to his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Like Father | 6/17/1957 | See Source »

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