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Word: sisterly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Flemish father was one of Belgium's best-known artists, a poet, playwright and director of the Brussels Royal Opera. His mother, a Walloon, was Belgium's first woman Senator, the daughter of one of the nation's great 19th century liberal leaders and the sister of a former Prime Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: MR. EUROPE | 12/24/1956 | See Source »

...dark poem or just telling a dirty joke, has won skillful performances from his veterans. Maiden and Wallach, and from Newcomer Carroll Baker, of whom the public is certain to hear a great deal more in the next year or two. As Baby Doll, she is the Coke sister of Southern folklore, all the way down to the bottom of the bottle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Dec. 24, 1956 | 12/24/1956 | See Source »

...STORY, by Kathryn Hulme. The account of a spiritual failure that is more moving than most stories of spiritual success. After 17 years of selfless work and self-laceration, Sister Luke knew that she did not have the nun's vocation; she inspired a fascinating and consistently moving picture of a world and a life that cannot even be imagined by outsiders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: THE YEAR'S BEST | 12/24/1956 | See Source »

...letting others do the cooking-and there was one indication that his own may not be all it has been cracked up to be. Said his sister-in-law, Mrs. Edgar Eisenhower of Tacoma, Wash., at a women's club meeting: "I know the President's cooking is all bluff. He turns the knob on high, burns it to a crisp, and that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Clear Sky at Augusta | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

Biggest surprise on the list is platinum blonde Kim Novak, 23, who leaped into first place from nowhere. Unknown two years ago when Columbia began building her up to replace Rita Hayworth, she has made only six pictures, shot to the top in the last three-as the beautiful sister in Picnic, the slum-spawned girl friend of The Man with the Golden Arm and the socialite wife in The Eddy Duchin Story. Her next part: the title role in Jeanne Eagels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Top Ten | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

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