Word: says
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sadly, he observed that it was a forlorn hope, for Britain and Europe have already capitulated to Yankeedom: "It is a complicated state of affairs which exists in all Western European countries, particularly in Britain, where you find an intense anti-Americanism-more intense I should say than in France, where heaven knows it is strong enough. Yet, with all this the circulation of Reader's Digest (that last infirmity of the American Way of Life) steadily mounts; the consumption of Coca-Cola steadily increases; American musicals run interminably and, in almost every aspect of life from television...
...against the U.S. Navy for attaching a St. Christopher medal to its successful Vanguard satellite-bearing rocket. "Would it have served just as well." demanded Dr. Kean, "if along with the countdown routine, a man had been assigned at each stage in the process to cross his fingers and say 'Muggles'? Had anyone thought of attaching a four-leaf clover to the missile somewhere? The fact that a symbol or a word is associated with traditional Christianity does not prevent its being used in the most blatantly superstitious manner possible. The fact that there are religious and moral...
...Worlds. Thomas' TV self is Danny Williams, nightclub funnyman, father of two and harassed battler for his patriarchal rights. Says Thomas candidly: "The show is one cliche after another. Family life is that way. When we're corny, we don't let it get too far. We use what I call treacle cutters. For instance, the boy gets sore and runs away from home and tries to enroll himself in the orphan asylum as Elvis Earp. I find him and I take him in my arms and we make up and we talk about...
...story of Walter Slezak, playing a retired furrier from Manhattan, whose bumbling social presence made his daughters uncomfortable and embarrassed their husbands. Visiting son-in-law No. 4, an ambitious Hollywood agent, Slezak lumberingly wrecked a cocktail party by commenting amiably on a guest's mink ("Say, that's a nice mutation you got there; it's not what you'd call real mink, but I wouldn't worry about it if I was you. To the untrained eye, there's no difference in quality"). Abashed, disheartened and in disgrace, he volunteered as patrol...
...spare the finicky rescuer from intimate contact with more messy victims such as drunks), a rubber blowpipe with an S curve has been devised to fit the throat, prevent air from entering the stomach. Of 87 mostly untrained operators who tried the tube for the first time, say the researchers, none failed to revive his victim. Conclusion: all lifeguards, policemen, firemen and other official rescuers should carry such a pocket-size tube...