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Word: unbuttoned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...every thought. The angry captain gives Hitler a piece of his mind, and is shot for his pains. Adolf marries his Eva and prepares his suicide. "The German people," he says bitterly, "are not worthy of me." In the canteen a girl dances dreamily in a corner, starts to unbutton her blouse. In the conference room of Hitler's apartment, his aides wait tensely. The shot rings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 7, 1956 | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

...have dragged himself off to some unspeakable corner. As he's the one who has a chance, he's the one we have to find." At last they found him in a storeroom, doubled up in his death agony. "Grab him by the shoulders," snapped the doctor, "unbutton his trousers . . .Rub his legs." But within minutes "the last one" was blue, cold and dead. And dead, too, by the next night, was the valiant doctor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Plague in Provence | 2/1/1954 | See Source »

...Doors Snob, the Freudian Snob ("I have more inhibitions than anyone"), the Efficiency Snob ("answers the phone by barking just his last name"), the Physical Prowess Snob, the Eternal Verities Snob (Back to the Land Division), the Conservative Dress Snob ("The buttons on the sleeves of his jacket actually unbutton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Minor Social Science | 11/20/1950 | See Source »

Sloppy men dress in sweatshirts and jeans whenever they can get away with it. They roll up their trousers, unbutton their shirts, and wear the same clothes until someone, acting in the public interest, makes them change. In this manner, they unconsciously copy their feminine counterparts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men Preen Feathers As Females Snicker | 5/11/1950 | See Source »

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