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Word: sloper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Informer also gives some coverage to a British scientist who is suspected of having decamped Eastward with his nation's newest secret war weapon-electric eels. Another informative Informer expose concerns a movement called Ethical Recreation (which may remind some readers of Moral Re-Armament); its leader, Dr. Sloper, ministers chiefly to the rich, since "the poor are always Christian, they can't afford to be anything else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Figg Leaves | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

...found death as well as love with a hoodlum; on Philco TV Playhouse, Eva Marie Saint was convincing as another tortured girl who finally married a man old enough to be her father; on Lux Video Theater, Marilyn Erskine brought surprising authority to the role of self-conscious Catherine Sloper in The Heiress. The dozen male actors had a fine time on Studio One's Twelve Angry Men. The play, by Reginald Rose, started out with an old idea (what happens in a jury room) but turned it into a crisp and exciting melodrama. Franchot Tone got a baleful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Review of the Week | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

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