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Word: yew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fellow needs a fiend. Michael Gough makes a wonderfully.sinister Lord d'Arcy. There is a splendidly splashy scene in which a man is stabbed in the eye. And there is a gorgeously juicy line, spoken by a ratcatcher to the horrified heroine (Heather Sears). "Oi cud let yew 'ave baoth rats fer tappence," he says sweetly, turning on the charm. "Mike a lavly pie, y'knaow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Ho-ho-horror | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

Chaotic Alternative. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew is fighting to prevent Red rabble-rousers from ousting his government before the federation can be established. The once solid majority of Lee's Political Action Party in the Singapore Legislative Assembly has been dissipated through defections to a Communist-front known as the Barisan Socialists, who have been able to marshal tremendous support among the island's underfed, underemployed, predominantly Chinese masses. Lee's all too nimble shifting of position from right to left in the past has also cost him conservative supporters, who now maintain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Malaysia: Merger Is a Must | 7/27/1962 | See Source »

...Notorious Landlady. "Oyme jus' the parlor mide," says Kim Novak in her best Berlitz cockney. "Are you a sleep-in maid?" asks arch Jack Lemmon, with his eyes doing the twist. "Coo, yew Yanks do kum raht aout wiv it, don't yew?" wuffles the new Eliza Doolittle. "Well, most of it, anyway," says Lemmon, a film comedian who knows how to throw away a line before it deserts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Twist of Lemmon | 6/29/1962 | See Source »

Follow That Dream (United Artists). "Ennabody evah tell yew yo're hayand-some?" drawls a slinky Southern belle as she takes after Elvis Presley "like he come with green coupons." Elvis thoughtfully replies: "Only girls." The girls may or may not be right, but for one reason or another people pay good money to see Elvis Presley pictures. In this one, which is slightly better than most, Elvis plays a Georgia redneck who stakes out a homestead on state land in Florida. He is weak in the head but strong in the arm. When the state highway department tries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: In Florida with Elvis | 5/4/1962 | See Source »

...says Hutch. "What shall I do?" "Face up," Mantle replies. "Face up tew whut yew've done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Baseball-batty | 4/20/1962 | See Source »

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