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Word: peppers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...knee slightly sprained from doing the Charleston, explained the social principle underlying the party: "Anybody can just invite a lot of people out of the telephone book. We invite people who are a lot of fun. Entertaining is like cooking-you've got to have a little pepper and a little salt and a little garlic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITAL: Let 'em Eat Garlic | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

...like wild pepper, sweet mama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Bali Ha'i-By-the-River | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

Britain's "Mad Major," who shot down 15 German planes, was one of the lucky ones. His real name was Christopher Draper, and he earned his sobriquet by hedgehopping across no man's land to pepper the German trenches with bullets from a .303 rifle, his Webley revolver, and anything else he could lay hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Mad Major | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

...Begum's orders, the senior maid inserted half an ounce of red pepper into Bano's rectum. The little girl swelled up and soon became unconscious. "Let that daughter of a bitch die," said the Begum. Three days later, Bano died. Her body was buried clandestinely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: The Cruel Begum | 3/2/1953 | See Source »

...Mississippi Gambler (Universal-International). As he cruises along the Mississippi on a pre-Civil War gambling boat, Tyrone Power, a dashing but honest adventurer, has all sorts of remarkable experiences. He encounters a ravishing redhead (Piper Laurie), whom he affectionately calls "pepper pot," but she declines to have anything to do with him because her weakling brother (John Baer) lost an old family heirloom to him during a game of chance. Just to complicate matters more, Piper's brother is hopelessly smitten with brunette Julia Adams, who, in turn, is infatuated with Power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 9, 1953 | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

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