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Word: soupspoon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mystical appeal to buyers, who pay up to $6,300 for the privilege of owning one. Like Rolls-Royce and Mercedes, however, the Porsche has been over taken by the times. It has just brought out two new models that radically de part from the upside-down soupspoon look that has made the Porsche one of the most popular sports cars. The new cars, one of which will also have almost a 40% boost in horsepower, are distinguished by a straighter, less sloping front and a fastback, built around a brand-new chassis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Porsche Faces Reality | 11/5/1965 | See Source »

...pieces by a group of gypsy magicians chanting something that sounded like a Protestant hymn sung backwards. Still another victim-popular with modern fans-was bound, gagged and whipped; then the tips of her breasts were clipped off with hedge shears and her eyes were scooped out with a soupspoon and a jackknife. "We are very proud of that sequence," said Charles Nonon, the Grand Guignol's last director. "We consider it original, at least onstage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater Abroad: Outdone by Reality | 11/30/1962 | See Source »

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