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Word: weep (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...than this, but feels inadequate and doesn't know what to do with that part of himself that fails to come up to his ideal of a strong and capable man. I-5 knows that he has a strong side, a protective side and a side that can weep. Most of us are either I-5s or else I-4s struggling to become Iss. An I-6 would be no problem here, and I-7, the perfect man, doesn't exist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Psychology at Work | 7/25/1955 | See Source »

...Giro's soon afterwards, undaunted, and joking about his eye patch ("Gotta go now, gotta do a Hathaway shirt ad"). Sammy's comfortable popularity suddenly changed into a major fad. He was hailed by every Hollywood star from Ava to Zsa Zsa. The great ones came to weep and cheer. Less enthusiastic customers got at least one impression that was almost enough to account for his appeal: Sammy Davis Jr. was a nice fellow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Nice Fellow | 4/18/1955 | See Source »

That I may weep for those who die of the cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: GENIUS IN A WIMPLE | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

...roughly the same time as Paul and Philippe. Scientific tests eventually showed that Ernstli was Philippe's identical twin and that Paul, switched at birth by mistake, was the son of the woman who had raised Ernstli. Wrote Mrs. Joye in her diary: "I can't weep any more, and my lair would be snow-white if I didn't dye it." She dreaded giving up Paul, but she could not resist claiming Ernstli. After the boys were switched back to their real mothers, Ernstli wept for days, but soon stopped addressing Mrs. Joye as "Madame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Babies, Scandal & Apples | 11/15/1954 | See Source »

...sinned against and sinning mates of the Lunts. Both are agreeable, thereby undermining the Coward intent at every turn. Aherne displays more character and less foppish romanticism that the author seemed to have in mind. Miss Best, looking winning and dove-like, is asked only to coo and weep. Cecil Beaton's sets are tastefully appropriate; his idea of Serena's sitting room seems about what the Marchioness herself would choose...

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, | Title: Quadrille | 10/18/1954 | See Source »

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