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Word: pressinger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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But Jane has ideas of her own: in 1951, despite her husband's horrified objections, she took flying lessons and got a pilot's license because, she explained, with all the flying she and the governor do, somebody should be able to take over in case anything happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OHIO: The Lonely One | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

All Gordon's problems are reduced to this ludicrous level. Unlike other men who always have a bed but don't always have a girl, conscientious Gordon has a girl but not a bed he can take her to. He is also too poor to marry his Rosemary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An Indecent Place | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

Concerning the most pressing national question of all--the alleged "natural superiority of the Ivy League"--we agreed with Holiday Magazine that it was, but thought it wasn't very "Ivy League" to say so.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Retrospect | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

Nothing could please the Communists more, and at week's end they were pressing their advantage. They paralyzed Calcutta with a strike of 2,000,000 workers to demand a bigger chunk of Bihar State for West Bengal. Across India, Sikhs rioted in Amritsar, and a Sikh leader told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Mobocracy | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

Natural gas is but one of many targets this year for Washington's corps of 1,000 professional lobbyists, most of whom represent business organizations. Whether lobbying helps or hinders the legislative process is a century-old, unsettled question. But there is no doubt that the practice is more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Influence Peddling Turns Respectable | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

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