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Word: wallet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hollywood would think of them as buddies. Forsythe and Olivia romp through a standard Parisian romance-up the Eiffel Tower and down to the caves; along the Seine for lovemaking; to Notre Dame and the fashion shows. Along the way are substandard complications: Forsythe thinks Olivia has stolen his wallet; Olivia thinks Forsythe is trying to seduce her; Forsythe, eavesdropping on Olivia and her father (Edward Arnold), thinks they are lovers. But they triumph over these tedious misunderstandings and win through to love and marriage. It serves them right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 17, 1956 | 9/17/1956 | See Source »

...This Relief ... In Thousand Oaks, Calif., ailing E. E. Brossard, 71, agreed to submit to a rubdown from two professed faith healers who promised it would make him "feel relieved," found after the massagers left that they had relieved him of his wallet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 13, 1956 | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

...port of Naples. A ragged urchin tugged and chanted at him: "You wanna girl, mister? I gotta my sister for you. Come on, Joe! Cheap!" the sailor pulled away, then slumped drunkenly to the sidewalk. Mouse-quick, the eight-year-old tried to grab the sailor's wallet, but the sailor weakly pushed him away. Unable to roll the man, the urchin sped away to sell him: in Naples bigger urchins pay 500 lire, perhaps 1,000 lire, for news of a likely victim to beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Spinning Tops | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

...some form of kissing game-a most natural expression for Twelve." But while some of the girls are already thinking about marriage, some boys are determined to remain bachelors forever. The boys develop an apparently irresistible desire to tease a girl. "Soon they are snatching a girl's wallet or pencil box and are off to hide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: That Normal Problem Child | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

Pickup. In Milwaukee, after a minor collision, Clarence Gill got out of his car, took out his wallet as he started to note down the other car's license number, stood dumbfounded when the other driver snatched his wallet, drove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 16, 1956 | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

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