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...made us squint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winning Poems in the Summer School Poetry Contest | 8/7/1964 | See Source »

...more eye-straining squint at changing figures on the office board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Electronics: Quotations by Computer | 5/22/1964 | See Source »

...devotion to Cincinnati, his wife and his son Jonathan, Glueck was still homesick for the desert; he longed to finger potsherds again, squint into the setting sun for the shadows of ancient trails, feel the Bible come alive in his hand as he walked over Biblical lands. But settled parts of Israel were not his style; he did not like routine digging. And he could no longer explore in Arab territory. Jordan officials still denounce him as a spy who mapped their country to help Israeli invaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: The Shards of History | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

...sunshine, a beautiful person may greet life with a puzzled squint, but he can stay secure in jazz merely by reading Down Beat magazine, calling all the players by their nicknames, and taking pains to dig only the right musicians. Today, one good word spoken for Louis Armstrong spells cultural death. John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Thelonious Monk are the musicians to admire-it doesn't really matter that they are also the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jazz: The Beautiful Persons | 6/28/1963 | See Source »

...George Hamlin's Misanthrope this summer), displays an admirable versatility simply by appearing in his part. But he is more than versatile: his Valentino is a first-rate blend of the faithful and the faltering, the amused and the bemused. Miss Stearns, the Angelica, has a bit of a squint, but it is not distracting--indeed, it transforms her seeming aloofness into something serene and untroubled...

Author: By Mr. Hiss, | Title: Love for Love | 12/7/1962 | See Source »

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