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Word: tilled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Though overshadowed by Broadway's best, TV's own stars shone brightly enough. Wally Cox was authentic as an American bent on self-improvement; Burr Till-strom's Kukla and Ollie sounded just the right note in their comment on old Hollywood movies. Whenever the show edged up to something as grim as war, Ed Murrow and Oscar Hammerstein II were on hand to speak with suitable gravity and-for the most part-brevity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Biggest Show | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

...ditched Tom's mother for a mistress. By his 20s, Tom is a self-assured young bachelor-businessman whose only known vice is fondling his secretary. Outside office hours, however, he has a mania for playing the horses, and it is not long before Tom taps the company till. He skips town one jump ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: French Moral Tale | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

...Cantonwine) newly done, acknowledged that he was preparing a few sample columns for a newspaper syndicate. "There's nothing I'd like better than to be able to sound off about my favorite ideas," he rumbled. "They think I'm a sweet old man. Wait till they start reading my column...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 1, 1953 | 6/1/1953 | See Source »

When Edward O. Boshell, 51, became president of Westinghouse Air Brake two years ago, he found the till full of cash. There was more than $25 million in "excess working capital" on which the company was earning virtually nothing. Boshell decided to spend it to "expand and diversify the company's business as quickly as possible." In short order, he bought: ¶Virginia's Melpar,Inc. (industrial research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Repeat Performance | 5/25/1953 | See Source »

...Dodgers may not need to "wait till next year," but the varsity golf team new might well sound the cry-truthfully...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 5/20/1953 | See Source »

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