Word: iss
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...magistrate trying her on a traffic charge, Lady Paulina Mary Louise Pepys, second daughter of the sixth Earl of Cottenham and a descendant of 17th century Diarist Samuel Pepys, shook lovers of English literature the world over with her reply. "Sorry," she snorted, "but it's 'Pepp-iss.' " Later, when admirers of her candid ancestor challenged her on the point, the 31-year-old London librarian insisted: "If he did call himself 'Peeps,' he was the first member of the family to do so and none has done it since." Asked for his ruling, Britain...
...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...
Died. S. Z. ("Cuddles") Sakall, 62, gelatin-jowled, Hungarian-born Holly wood character actor (Casablanca, Small Town Girl) famed for his heavily accented manglings of the English language ("No, no, no. Inside iss not; you must quick stay out!"); of heart disease; in Los Angeles...
...East the Russians have equipped the Chinese Communist air force with 1,500 airplanes (including 900 jet-powered MIG-iss), to create for China, in a matter of months, the world's fourth largest air force (after the U.S.S.R., the U.S., Britain). Together, the Russians and the Chinese now have in Asia enough planes and ready-built bases (from Manchuria to Indo-China) to seize control of the air throughout the Far East, including the air over Japan...
Colonel Francis S. ("Gabby") Go-breski, 32, one of the country's leading aces (28 planes shot down in Europe, 3 MIG-iss in Korea) moved up the command ladder, became boss of the 51st Fighter Wing in Korea...