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Word: veteran (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...July 1941, a veteran of hundreds of air battles and two bailouts (one of which cost him the great toe on his left foot), Peter Townsend was married to the vivacious, hazel-eyed daughter of Brigadier Timothy Pawle, the "squire" of Didford village. The elaborate white wedding was held in a 13th century church in Much Hadham, and a guard of honor formed by the men of his squadron was on hand to line the way as Townsend came out with his bride. "I hope this doesn't mean," smiled the bridegroom, eying the turnout, "that the planes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Choice | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

...giving them everything. That's fine with me." Last week the press added its own vote of confidence. Said United Press's Merriman (Thank You, Mr. President) Smith, tough-talking dean of White House correspondents: "Hagerty has done a truly phenomenal job in Denver." Said veteran Eddie Folliard, Washington Post and Times Herald reporter who has been covering the capital since Calvin Coolidge was President: "Hagerty is the best press officer in the world, the best I've ever worked with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Ike's Press Secretary | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

Died. Brigadier General John McAuley Palmer, 85, veteran of the Boxer Rebellion, assistant chief of staff for operations of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I, adviser in the office of the chief of staff during World War II, oldest officer on active duty at his retirement in 1946, military historian (Statesmanship or War); in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 7, 1955 | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

...Veteran of four childless marriages, Cinemale Clark (Mogambo) Gable, 54, surprised his recent bride (TIME, July 25), sometime Cinemactress Kay Williams Gable, 37, by lighting up a cigar at a Hollywood soirée and declaiming on the glorious institution of fatherhood. Forgiving Gable for his inability to keep their secret (ETA: next May), Kay chirped: "He certainly went all ham then . . . Besides, he's started to pamper me, and I've never been pampered in my whole life." (Kay once charged that her former husband, the bibulous sugar heir, "Daddy" Adolph B. Spreckels II, beat her with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 31, 1955 | 10/31/1955 | See Source »

...followers who sit before the glowing tube and never tune to another channel all evening long. Therefore what precedes and follows each program becomes terribly important. A show that has a small audience, even if it has a contented sponsor, is a network liability. NBC last year dropped the veteran Voice of Firestone, despite the advertiser's willingness to pay its way, because the network thought the show's low rating ruined all the programs that followed it. Explains an executive: "A bad show in an evening line-up is like a bad spot in an apple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Big As All Outdoors | 10/17/1955 | See Source »

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