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Word: 12th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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BECKET. Richard Burton is England's 12th century Archbishop of Canterbury, Peter O'Toole is King Henry II-and both bring grandeur to a stunning, cerebral film spectacle based on the drama by Jean Anouilh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: May 22, 1964 | 5/22/1964 | See Source »

...showing her around his private zoo, and he had plenty of royal precedent. Some 3,000 years ago, Egypt's Empress Hatasu sent out a whole fleet in search of new animals to stock her private menagerie; Emperor Wen, the first of China's Chou dynasty (12th century B.C.), had a collection of animals he called "the Garden of Intelligence"; Roman Emperor Octavius Augustus had no fewer than 420 tigers, 260 lions and 600 assorted other specimens from Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The City: News in Zoos | 5/22/1964 | See Source »

Lucky Open Tie, 12th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: GOLF'S TOP TRIO | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

BECKET. A superior film spectacle based on Jean Anouilh's pungent drama has a prodigally talented cast headed by Richard Burton as England's 12th century religious martyr and Peter OToole as Henry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Broadway: May 15, 1964 | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

...collected smirks of Vincent Price. Poe's original described a masked ball at which the vulgar Prince Prospero and all his company succumb when Death appears disguised as a plague victim. In the elegant, elongated movie version, Prospero is a Satanist who scourges the entire 12th century countryside. He tortures peasants, tries to corrupt a village maid, and lets his pet dwarf barbecue a guest. Fortunately, by the time Death gets to the party, most of the nicer people have fled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Werewolves | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

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