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Word: absently (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Absent Brother. There will be nothing inconspicuous about the event starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, when the National Shrine's 56-bell carillon thunders into a window-rattling medley of works by Handel, Bach, Purcell and a new composition by Dutch-born Johan Franco. During the hour-long tintinnabulation, the principals and their guests will arrive under the unblinking scrutiny of TV. Inside-mercifully beyond reach of electronic peeping-the company and a pool of newsmen will see the father of the bride decked out in the formal regalia, morning coat and striped trousers, that he refused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White House: Three-Ring Wedding | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

...will need all the support he can muster, for his own party is badly fractured over his freeze-squeeze plan. As he rose in the House to deliver his economic message amid Tory cries of "Where is George?," the Deputy Prime Minister and Economics Minister, George Brown, was indeed absent from the Labor front bench. He was in fact back at his office trying to make up his mind whether he should resign from the Cabinet. A strong believer in economic expansion, he saw Wilson's plan as too negative. Its deflationary content clearly meant a sharp rise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Freeze & Squeeze | 7/29/1966 | See Source »

Many others came to worship the priests and priestesses of their various religions. (The high priest and priestess, Bob Dylan and Joan Bezz, were noticeably absent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Folk Festival Fails to Excite | 7/29/1966 | See Source »

Although the issue remained the same from 1962 until 1966, the lineup of judges changed substantially: three of those who had participated in the first decision were absent for the second. As Anthony Lewis of the New York Times pointed out, the technical grounds for dismissing the case merely covered up a reluctance to pass judgement on such an inflammatory issue...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Legal Victory for Racism | 7/26/1966 | See Source »

...been condoning it for the last few years, gangsters soon take over." Wedgwood Benn agreed with relief. He announced that legislation was finally being drafted to outlaw the pirates, probably by making it legal to prosecute advertisers who use them, or newspapers and magazines that print their schedules. Notably absent from his statement was any indication that the socialist government planned the simplest tactic of all: licensing legitimate commercial stations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Of Skulls & Crossbones | 7/1/1966 | See Source »

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