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Word: upness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The son of a Boston cigarmaker, Revson moved to New Hampshire with his family, and, after graduating from high school, went to Manhattan's Seventh Avenue to work in a relative's textile business. He picked up savvy about fashions, learned many a lesson in feminine psychology. Revson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Unflabbergasted Genius | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Tiffany knew not what it had wrought. Its "entire stock" was one presentation putter, ordered by the partners of Parker & Co., a Manhattan aviation-insurance firm, to celebrate Managing Partner R. Leslie Cizek's 30th anniversary with the company. No sooner did the ad appear than Wall Streeters started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CARRIAGE TRADE: The Solid-Gold Putter | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Most people think of the man with two jobs as a relatively underpaid worker who is forced to moonlight to pay the household bills. The cop and the fireman, who get as little as $2,400 annually, wash windows and work as handymen for a few extra dollars a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: The Long Green Yonder | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

The slowest of the Big Three to enter the small-car race made a strong bid last week to catch up in a hurry. Into production went Chrysler Corp.'s compact Valiant station wagon, well ahead of Ford, which will not have a station wagon on the market until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Welcome Wagons | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

The U.S. public has also taken a fancy to the new '60 big-car models; October's total of 526,737 units topped any October in history, including record 1955. Chevy, Ford, Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Cadillac reported their best October in history; Rambler (up 21.5% over last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Welcome Wagons | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

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