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Word: quiets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would be a quiet trip home on Columbine III, and a man could ask for no more delightful way to go. As Ike enters his own door, passing the big Presidential Seal pasted on the plane's silver-sheathed fuselage, he will board one of the most comfortable and air-ready vehicles that ever left earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Travel Notes | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

...sign that they are increasing relentlessly. Within the last fortnight, California has had two moderate earthquakes, with many lesser shocks following them. Richter does not know whether they are warning forerunners of a really big jolt. But he and his colleagues feel that the San Andreas Fault has been quiet so long that it cannot be trusted much longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Pent-Up Fault | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

Playwright Bagnold's sidelong, elegantly savage play fortunately gets the production it altogether requires. Gladys Cooper as the booming, inwardly empty dowager and Siobhan McKenna as the quiet, inwardly burning companion create a brilliant contrast and head a talented cast. Though doing justice to the play's darker moments, the cast keeps it throughout an engrossing entertainment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 7, 1955 | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

...floor, and containing a canopied bed with mirrors set in the top and sides. He offered her champagne. It tasted bitter. "When I became conscious again," she said later, "I didn't have any clothes on, and I was in bed." So was White. Evelyn screamed. "Be quiet," White told her. "It is all over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 7, 1955 | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

...Brattle's reaction was one of quiet, well-mannered relief, the management of the Beacon Hill Theatre made more flamboyant use of all the free publicity it had received. "I don't think the Brattle managers handled their publicity correctly," Benjamin Sack, owner of the Beacon Hill Theatre, explained. "I think Miss Julie deserved a longer showing." He himself proceeded to sign a contract with Times Films to exhibit The Game of Love, One Summer of Happiness, Manon, Le Plaisir, and Gigi--all of which are noted for their censorable subject matter...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Red Lights for Blue Laws | 11/5/1955 | See Source »

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