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Word: whisperer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Thomas moves in to kiss her husband and whisper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: No Tears for Mr. Thomas | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

...Honduran children are born out of wedlock. Three illegitimate children per father is "the rule," but ten is "not unusual." Dismayed when one group of children met with blank faces his question, "How many Gods are there?", he was downright horrified when the local schoolteacher coached in a stage whisper: "Five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HONDURAS: Holy Mission | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

...Economy Whisper. For six days Halleck worked to whip his forces into line. Absentees were summoned to Washington from as far away as Warsaw and Moscow (only authorized absentee: Washington's golfing, honeymooning Republican Jack Westland). For 35 Republicans who were doubtful, or definitely in favor of overriding, Halleck and G.O.P. Whip Les Arends had quiet warning ("Either you go along with the President, or you don't") and promises from Interior Secretary Fred Seaton to revive eight politically strategic projects in next year's budget. Virginia Democrat Howard Smith, ever the foe of spending, whispered that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Victory for Veto | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

...Lola's latest release, Dreamsville, went out to the deejays last week, its fans were readymade. For Lola is Edie Hart, the slim, smoky-voiced saloon singer, the girl wrho keeps the fires warm for TV's Private Eye Peter Gunn, the blue-eyed sentimentalist who can whisper into the mike and convince a million televiewers that she is alone with each one of them. The songs may be old-They Didn't Believe Me, It's Always You-but the voice comes fresh and insinuating, husky with promise. Under the spotlight, the face may seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JUKEBOX: Men Look Twice | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

...murky rooms, slowly Jonah works his muted way through the numbers his fans want to hear-Rose Room, 76 Trombones, Too Close for Comfort, and his signature, Mack the Knife. Throughout, Jonah juggles the symbols of his success-the bagful of mutes through which he makes his trumpet whisper and wail, growl, shiver and soar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGHTCLUBS: This Is My Lip | 7/6/1959 | See Source »

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