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Word: wristed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...large bouquet to the writer responsible for "Manners & Morals" [TIME, Sept. 24], and a faint slap on the wrist to TIME for lending importance to the matrimonial (there is a better word) tag matches that distinguish a certain layer of Hollywood society. Tone, Payton and Neal, like "That Gardner Girl," might best be left to their petty problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 15, 1951 | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

...indict me on Monday." Eberstadt whisked him to Hobe Sound, Fla. in an Air Force Constellation, where Bob Lovett took charge. "They're after me," Forrestal kept repeating. For a few days he swam and sunned himself and seemed to rally. Then one night he scratched his wrist with a razor blade. Psychiatrists ordered him to Bethesda Hospital and there, seven weeks later, he killed himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORICAL NOTES: Civilian Casualty | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

Olivia Holguin's legs had been useless from birth; she had a twisted wrist and a deformed hand. At 30, she seemed hopelessly crippled. But early this year, Orthopedic Surgeon S. Perry Rogers of El Paso amputated her legs and got ready to fit artificial limbs. Since El Paso has no bone bank, Dr. Rogers (with the patient's permission) kept the amputated bones in his food freezer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Improvised Bone Bank | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

...What pretty breasts-God bless you with them." But Bamu could not be honeyed, she had to be bought. After a full day of hysterical bargaining, Johnson got her on the installment plan. By the time Bamu's family was through with him, they had his umbrella, his wrist watch, all his clothes except a loincloth, and a promise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blithe Spirit | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

...cracked when his horse fell on him two years ago, had another horse kick him in the shin last year, arrived in New Delhi after a hike through the Himalayan mountains. The record this time: one toss from a frisky yak, two falls from a mule. Damage: a sprained wrist, an aching back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Young in Heart | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

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