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Word: sips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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With the delicate, fragrantly bland character of a pot of jasmine tea (which isn't everybody's dish), India's exotic Nehru poured himself-rosebud and all -into the nation's teacup, there for all to sniff and sip. After leaving Ike, he drove to the National Press Club to face Washington's tough newsmen, was introduced irreverently as "the mystical man in the middle." His 45-minute performance was admirable: deft, quiet, elusive, charming, and at times, productive: Items...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Reading the Tea Leaves | 12/31/1956 | See Source »

When Zarchin finally got through to Ben-Gurion, he found an eager supporter. After Israeli engineers had sniffed at his scheme, Zarchin herded them to a nearby ice factory, froze and melted some sea water, and passed it around. The engineers took one sip, then let loose a delighted whoop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Salt Water Into Fresh | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

...WINE SALES are expected to increase 10% in 1956, reach an alltime peak of $660 million (v. $260 million in 1940), though the industry reports that only one out of three Americans ever takes a sip of wine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Aug. 20, 1956 | 8/20/1956 | See Source »

...20th century's beneficiaries of William Penn's "Holy Experiment" in "Virtue, Liberty and Independence" might even share this sentiment. A sip of their chlorine-loaded tap water and they understand why Fields shunned the liquid all his life; a trip downtown and they know why he hated the city's narrow, crosshatched streets. A baseball park should be a place to get away from all this, but these days even a trip to Connie Mack Stadium is seldom a pleasure. The Philadelphia Phillies, now the only major-league team in town, are stumbling through their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Whole Story of Pitching | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

...would show a sugar daddy signing a fat check for his girl friend. Pressagent Williamson (whose clients have included Gladys Swarthout, Ezio Pinza, Helen Traubel) persuaded Austrian-born Artist Susan Perl to put her ideas on paper, found a California manufacturer to print the cartoons on a set of "sip 'n snack" paper napkins. Price: $1 for 36 napkins. Caro name of the series: Grand Uproar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fractured Arias | 8/22/1955 | See Source »

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