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Word: townes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Algiers, Bōne, Oran and the villages on the oil route to Hassi Messaoud are booming. From Algiers to Bordj-bou-Arréridj (a town in an area where the rebels are still active), the highway thunders with big trucks carrying pipeline equipment. A year ago, from Palestro onward-the rebel zone-the same road was almost deserted. The astonishing thing now is that mingling with the steady stream of trucks are families, both European and Moslem, in private cars, ignoring the charred remains of a car by the roadside and taking in stride the signs warning motorists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: THE TURN IN ALGERIA | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

...volcanic soil of Naples province, and as harvesting began three weeks ago, it was evident that this year's crop was the best ever. But the price was wrong-a less-than-break-even 1? a pound to growers, although the Naples retail price was 7?. In the town of Marigliano last week, the farmers' frustration turned to violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Operation Spud | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

Happy Pixy. At first glance the situation seems appalling. Has the town that nourished the pneumatic legends of Theda Bara and Clara Bow and Jean Harlow sold out to a giggly beer drinker? Answers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: The Ring -a- Ding Girl | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

...which did more for her figure. And in The Matchmaker she had a chance to be funny again, as a naive, man-shy milliner, and in Some Came Running, opposite Frank Sinatra, she came close to salvaging a silly story with her portrayal of a pigeontoed, sentimental, small-town trollop. Says Sinatra : "When the idea of casting her came up, I just about fell over, because we'd never thought about her. When we started shooting. I knew she was going to be tremendous. Very few girls could jump in my lap and say 'Please love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: The Ring -a- Ding Girl | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

This Togetherness Stuff. There are non-Clansmen in town whose attitude toward Shirley is somewhat more analytical. They focus on the calculation behind the talent, enjoy the "natural" comedienne but see the cool planning that makes her tick. They take pleasure in her company, as did the friend who squired her to Santa Anita one afternoon, smug in the knowledge that she had telephoned a gagwriter and announced: "I'm going to the races. Give me ten jokes on racing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: The Ring -a- Ding Girl | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

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