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Word: spotlights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lean, craggy face peering with a squinty smile into the spotlight had rarely been seen by U.S. audiences, although a few first-nighters might remember it as belonging to the guttily amoral Corsican truck driver in the film Wages of Fear. At 37. Singer Yves Montand is France's highest paid entertainer, the hottest music-hall performer to hit the scene since the end of World War II. Last week, appearing in the open-necked brown shirt and slacks that are his trademark, Yves (pronounced Eve) Montand made his first U.S. appearance at Manhattan's Henry Miller Theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BROADWAY: Troubadour from France | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

...spotlight, because Venezuela's oil boom has spurred attention-getting public works, Mendoza has been on the rise since he quit high school at 17 ("I was too much in a hurry") to go to work as an office boy. At 28, he owned a thriving construction import business, and his interests were gushing out like Venezuela's oil. He expanded into a 3,000-acre dairy farm, three cement plants (which produce half the national supply), pulp and paper products, insurance, a paint factory, a giant finance company. As he prospered. Mendoza took care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: Pillsbury's Best in Maracaibo | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

...trim. More women can afford to show more of their figures. Says Neiman-Marcus Buyer Sally Tutt: "The Bikini will be a big thing this year for sun and fun. The well-traveled waistline has been going up and down since fashion de-emphasized the bosom, and the spotlight is now on the navel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: Fun, Sun & Drawstrings | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

...sentimentalist who can whisper into the mike and convince a million televiewers that she is alone with each one of them. The songs may be old-They Didn't Believe Me, It's Always You-but the voice comes fresh and insinuating, husky with promise. Under the spotlight, the face may seem sad, even a bit tired, but most men look twice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JUKEBOX: Men Look Twice | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

Just as if she cannot believe her success, Felicia sweats out each entrance with nail-gnawing tension. But once in the spotlight, the lady is a cool and practiced performer. The nervous novice who got her first big break six years ago as the unknown vocalist on Percy Faith's recorded sleeper, Song from Moulin Rouge, has since given herself the polish of a pro. No longer does she settle for the stiff, tight-backed stance, the black, high-necked dresses and Peter Pan collars with which she turned her earliest act into a vague imitation of French Songstress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGHTCLUBS: Lady in the Light | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

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