Word: tickings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...pugnacious lower lip, he bears a startling resemblance to Winston Churchill; in the whole grey and sagging circle of European leaders, he is one of the few men with a spark of Churchillian fire. With one hand thrust truculently into his trouser pocket, he uses the other to tick off the reasons for Belgian prosperity...
...tell the news of this tragic and gaudy era through a new kind of journalistic medium, the newsmagazine, has been an experiment in communication. This report on where the experiment is today must begin with the newsmagazine idea, because that is still the mainspring of what makes TIME tick...
...Apron Strings. When S.R.I, branched out into executive testing, it first had to find out what makes a good executive tick. After studying many business bigwigs, S.R.I, concluded that good executives work to be happy; material rewards and prestige are secondary. Though the average good executive gets along with almost everybody, he regards subordinates as "doers of work," feels a personal attachment only toward his superiors. He is often driven by a fear of frustration. He likes and even admires his father, but so far as his mother is concerned he has "left home" for good...
...said last week that he is not interested in a cure: he is doing fine and has not been sick in the past twelve years. Between 8,000 and 9,000 people, he reported proudly, have stopped him to say: "Let me hear you tick." Flynn is always happy to oblige...
...Barrie's Peter Pan, the hungry crocodile that had swallowed an eight-day clock went "tick., tick, tick, tick" loud enough to warn Captain Hook of its approach. The crocodile eventually got him anyway; defeated by Peter Pan, the pirate threw himself into the crocodile's waiting jaws...