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Word: agee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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TRUE GRIT. John Wayne, at 62, has the time of his long screen life in this cornball western comedy about a stubborn old marshal (Wayne) who joins forces with a headstrong teen-age girl (Kim Darby) to bring some murderers to justice. The Duke's performance proves that his nickname has never been more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Aug. 29, 1969 | 8/29/1969 | See Source »

...Freshly returned from World War II Navy service, Laird at age 23 was elected to his father's seat in the Wisconsin legislature upon the latter's death. He served six years, then won a congressional election in 1952. * The Russians reciprocate. Laird is the Cabinet officer most criticized in the Soviet press. He has recently been accused of "frightening Americans" with his statements about Russian missile development...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE POLITICIAN AT THE PENTAGON | 8/29/1969 | See Source »

...more?much more. The festival turned out to be history's largest happening. As the moment when the special culture of U.S. youth of the '60s openly displayed its strength, appeal and power, it may well rank as one of the significant political and sociological events of the age...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Woodstock - The Message of History's Biggest Happening | 8/29/1969 | See Source »

College trustees were once viewed as old curmudgeons interested primarily in saving money and having winning football teams. Though the average age of trustees still hovers well beyond the half-century mark, a few schools have begun to foster a youthful image...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universities: Trustees Under 30 | 8/29/1969 | See Source »

John Hillaby is one of those slightly cracked Englishmen who insist on doing something remarkable largely in order to write a delightful book about how awful it was. At the age of 50, and more out of curiosity than a sense of competition ("For me the question was not whether it could be done, but whether I could do it"), he undertook a 1,100-mile hike from one end of Britain to the other. In the course of it, he managed to be fogbound on Dartmoor, musclebound in Bristol and sodden in Somerset. He was rained upon almost everywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How Awful, How Good | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

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