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Word: upping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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The hero of The Old Man occupied one corner of a composition that was too loose and bare to be properly described as a composition at all. There was nothing sunny about the level light that pointed up a shuttered window above the old man's head, and the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Romantic Mood | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

After reading the report, Expert de la Faille issued a passionate defense of the picture, which he considers not just a Van Gogh but one of the master's "great works." And Dealer Reeves Lewenthal, who discovered the picture and sold it to Goetz last year, offered to refund...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Fake? | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Kyser does not play up to the TV camera, because "if I'm having fun I ain't looking anywhere." Program suggestions from his sponsor (Ford Dealers) and TV Director Earl Ebi are welcome so long as they do not violate the College's basic Simple-Simon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Keep It Simple | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Going promptly to work, pretty President Alvarez personally designed the studios (ceilings 22 ft. high, and doors wide enough to admit football floats or elephants). In three weeks she spurred admiring engineers to complete wiring that normally takes three months. Despite the competition of Oklahoma's Senator Robert S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Helen of Tulsa | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Last week, gleaming with fuchsia and olive-green paint, station KOTV held its grand opening. Swarms of prominent Tulsans were disappointed when the Hollywood stars who had been announced failed to show up. But beauty was well represented by Tulsa-born Singer Patti Page, who arrived in a Cadillac, mink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Helen of Tulsa | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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