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Word: venus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sisters of Abigail Adams," Sister Bellamy's cheesecake is undoubtedly a potent example of the omnipotent female bludgeon of sex ; but for a more apt manifestation of "the most invincible feminine weapon of all," TIME should turn to the Ogden Nash and S. J. Perelman version of Venus, who -. . . found herself a goddess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1950 | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...talking), but one of them obligingly drew a map of the solar system and pointed to the second planet from the sun. Thereupon, at the suggestion of a smart Earthling, all the prisoners were hastily placed in a pressurized chamber filled with carbon dioxide to simulate the atmosphere of Venus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Visitors from Venus | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

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