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Word: walleted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...petting of the underdog. The social education of Joe Lampton is a painful, truthful exposition of human character. Before half an hour has gone by, it is apparent that Joe is an aggressive, self-seeking, foulmouthed, dirty-minded, ill-educated, mean-spirited little brute with more feeling in his wallet than in his heart. Yet it is also apparent, after the camera makes a visit to Joe's home town, that he has good reasons for being what he is; Dufton is a bombed-out, soot-seared 19th century factory slum. And something, perhaps the innocence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 20, 1959 | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

Wake Off. In Los Angeles, the Utter McKinley mortuary chain (14 conveniently located parlors) sent to city employees wallet-sized lavender cards that said: "Bearer or any member of his family is entitled to a courtesy discount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 20, 1959 | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...thing as art exists for artists and the public; "it only exists for critics and those who live in the forebrain"). The book also has scenes of ghastly hilarity, as when Mountolive stumbles inadvertently into a brothel of child prostitutes and nearly loses his reason as well as his wallet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bedrooms & Back Alleys | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

...boys, probably high school students, jumped me and hit me twice on the head with what felt like a blackjack," Brady said yesterday. "Then they took my wallet, with about $30, and ran," he continued...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Youths Attack Student In Blackjack Mugging | 3/26/1959 | See Source »

Though Murphy at first denied the allegation, police later found the wallet, containing the owner's bursar's card, at Murphy's home. Murphy, under police questioning, then admitted to the beating...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Youth Charged in Theft Confesses Beating of Law Student | 3/17/1959 | See Source »

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