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Word: thinks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...think it is necessary for me to go into the reasons why Asia is important," said he. "I am hoping to build a better understanding of the U.S. and good will for us." In New Delhi, India's Premier Nehru keynoted a stack of hail-he's-on-the-way editorials by observing: "We are very happy and look forward to his coming . . . As the border problem is an important problem, I presume it will come up in the course of our discussions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Playing the Ace | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...Gallup pulse reading, reported this week, provided Republicans with more solid occupational therapy, gave Democrats something to ponder. Last May the pollsters divided the U.S. public into five occupational groups, put the question to each: "Which political party do you think serves the interest of your group best?" The May answers showed a dramatic drop in Republican popularity, most notably a 9% decline among business and professional people. When Gallup popped the same question this month, he got a surprising response. Fifteen percent of the unskilled workers (against 11% in May), 16% of the skilled workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELECTIONS: Who's Ahead? | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...Angeles two dissimilar traveling candidates announced some similar ambitions. Indiana Congressman Charles Halleek admitted he was available as vice-presidential nominee on a Republican ticket with either Nelson Rockefeller or Richard Nixon. But, he added gloomily, "I don't think it's in the cards." And New York's Mayor Robert Wagner, who had just suffered a blow at home with the defeat of a school-bond proposal, was just as willing to take second place on the Democratic ticket: "Anyone who says he isn't interested would be kidding himself and kidding the public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Straws in the Wind | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...Think Big." Motorway madness became the big story of the week. "Drive M-1 for Murder," quipped sardonic Londoners. TV and radio announcers urgently warned drivers against parking on the pavement-or off it either, "until the earth settles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: M-l for Murder | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...tips were "the only form of reward for extra efforts," Waiter Reznikov, a true member of his trade, went on to pay his respects to those whose tribute he accepts: "They don't even know how to sit at the table correctly. They think you should tie your napkin round your neck. Not all of them know that you should not prop your elbows on the table. Some come in without a tie or a jacket." In short, they lack class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: The Old Tribute | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

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