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Word: smile (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Grandma probably would smile reminiscently at an Atlanta favorite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Icka Backa, Soda Cracker | 5/29/1950 | See Source »

...second largest industrial fortune and all the comforts that rupees can buy. About two years ago the tycoon's ambition began to shift from shekels to sainthood. In a frank autobiography Dalmia made it clear that he possessed unusual spiritual qualities: "I shall die peacefully with a smile on my face-an enviable state unattainable by ordinary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: The Proper Place to Confess | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

...PAUSE.) That's right, I said happiness . . . Sometimes you wonder what it is that makes you feel so good. It seems to me one of the things that makes a man feel best is making someone else happy . . . doing something that brings a smile or a shout of pleasure to someone else's lips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMICS: The Sun Never Sets On Cacoola | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

...make everybody happy, the good Coca-Cola driver-salesman must be part Boy Scout and part diplomat, with a dash of the movie hero thrown in. His supreme duty: to make friends with the dealers. His list of "do's" commands: "Look your best. Greet the Dealer. Smile . . . Show interest ... Be courteous ... Be honest . . . Keep promises. Make change . . . Thank Dealer." Of course, there are refinements of these simple tenets: "If, for example, the dealer's wife has just presented him with a new baby, the friendly salesman congratulates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMICS: The Sun Never Sets On Cacoola | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

...Coke salesman on his round of Milan. A few minutes before 8, dark, heavy-set Giovanni Pretti, 30, had put on his tan & red uniform and cast a last look into the mirror from which signs asked him: "Hair Combed? Shaved? Uniform Clean and Neat? Shoes Shined? Friendly Smile?" He lovingly polished his brand-new Bianchi truck (one of 62 now covering Milan) and climbed into his seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMICS: The Sun Never Sets On Cacoola | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

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