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Word: pots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...musical voice, which he uses without oratorical tricks. In interviews with foreign correspondents (which he gives readily) he is quiet-spoken, impassive, with no trace of emotion except, occasionally, a quick, bland smile that, says one correspondent, "crinkles his face like that of a boy who knows where the pot of jam is hidden." When talking, he likes to make a little cage of his hands, fingertips against fingertips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS OF CYPRUS | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

...prided himself on his day-or-night availability. Once a phone call routed him from bed at3 a.m. "Sammy," said a client, "I'm in a poker game. All my money's in the pot, and I want to call this guy. Will you back me on this hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Payoff | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

Originally the pudding was meant to be cooked in a large, black pot. For over 70 years it was served before and after each theatrical's performance. James Russell Lowell once paid this tribute to the doubtful concoction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What's Cooking? | 3/13/1956 | See Source »

...last pot of pudding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What's Cooking? | 3/13/1956 | See Source »

...pot of its kindred...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What's Cooking? | 3/13/1956 | See Source »

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