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Word: 1960s (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Actually, the attitude of the government took this form right back to the 1960s. I was visited by Mr. Jimmy Kruger, who was Minister of Justice, several times. I was visited by Mr. ((Louis)) Le Grange, who is now the Speaker of Parliament. Leading VIPs, both local and abroad, were allowed to visit me. The attitude of the government was contradictory. Despite the harsh treatment, they were prepared to have discussions with me. During the past three years, I started an initiative of talking to the government on the question of the release of prisoners and the question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NELSON MANDELA: I Am No Prophet | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

Shabazz said that society had labeled her father a "revolutionary," a word which carried a highly negative connotation in the 1960s, to portray him in an unfavorable light...

Author: By John M. Bernard, | Title: Daughter of Malcolm X Speaks at Law School | 2/24/1990 | See Source »

...response: "Having a problem with trust? Try dealing with people in a college laundry room who find it funny to tell an inexperienced clothes-washer that it's all right to use bleach on bright colors. Now I look like a throwback to the 1960s because everything I own is tie-dyed...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Please Don't Ask Beth | 2/24/1990 | See Source »

...from $20 billion in 1985 to $75 billion in 1988. At the same time, creditors lengthened maturities. The average auto loan is now payable over 48 months, up from 36 in 1982. Says James Grant, editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer: "The 1980s were to debt what the 1960s were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Better Watch Out | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

...capture the face of a man who has not been seen in public for the past 27 years? Ask artist Paul Davis, who painted this week's cover of Nelson Mandela. No new pictures of the African National Congress leader have been available since the early 1960s. Relatively few people know what he looks like today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Feb 5 1990 | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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