Word: words
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shocked at the cover. The greatest kindness to Pasternak would be not to print one further word about him. He wants to stay and die in Russia...
...branches of the party. In the Senate, Vermont's George Aiken and his band of 14-or-so liberals are still working behind the scenes-and against the President's wishes-to wrest control of the Republican minority away from the Old Guard (TIME, Dec. 29). The word has been leaked to the papers that Nixon is on the side of the Senate rebels...
...another U.S. citizen, crowded his days last week with pleasant holiday duties, deep attention to annual ritual and as much time as he could get with his kinfolk. For the 7,500 people gathered near the south White House lawn to watch the Christmas tree lighting, Ike had a word that he hoped would be heard across the seas: "I again give my solemn word on behalf of the American people to all the peoples of the world: that the people of the U.S. and their Government do not want war. The U.S. has pledged its national honor to work...
...above bussing back. Cries Headache: "Owoo! That lollypop!" The very suggestion that Popsie and Lolita and Headache and Humbert are parallels draws howls of aggrieved outrage from Cartoonist Chester Gould who says he has never even read Nabokov's book. ("Nymphet?" said Gould. "That's the biggest word I've heard today.") To him, Lolita sounds like a waste of time...
...Would he, in the name of Christian charity, posthumously pardon that gifted storyteller O. Henry,* convicted in 1898 of embezzling $854.08 from an Austin bank? At the same time the wire went to President Eisenhower from Major General (ret.) Paul Wakefield, the foundation's president, word of his appeal was scattered to newspapers, radio and television stations the country over...