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Word: bitters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...start, the meet threatened to a bitter pill for Harvard to swallow Howie Henjyoji, wrestling 123, lost seesaw decision to Steve Gluckman Brown 9-8. Henjyoji, whose opponents tormented him all year with third-period rallies, was leading 8-7 in the period when Gluckman escaped to e the score. Two minutes and 20 seconds of riding time gave Gluckman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestling Team Bombs Unfortunate Bruins, 32-3 | 3/2/1965 | See Source »

TARTUFFE. Moliere's humor and intent were more bitter than the Lincoln Center company's farcical interpretation of this classic comedy implies. But Michael O'Sullivan's hypocritical misanthrope is a superbly drawn character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Feb. 26, 1965 | 2/26/1965 | See Source »

...Mexico's Sandia Mountains went three forest rangers, a local lawyer, and Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, 66, there for a quick refresher course in outdoor living. At 10,000 ft., the view from the top was "splendid," but on the way down through Cibola National Forest, bitter cold, high winds and 15-ft. drifts from a sudden snowstorm turned the nightwalk into a nightmare. It took them nine hours instead of the usual five to negotiate six miles on snowshoes, edging their way down the steep switchback trails sideways like crabs. "We all had spills," said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 26, 1965 | 2/26/1965 | See Source »

...Martin Luther King Jr. was abed with a bad cold. Sheriff Jim Clark of Selma, Ala., was down with "exhaustion." But both men arose last week to renew their bitter civil rights struggle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civil Rights: The Freedom Fever | 2/26/1965 | See Source »

...they climbed only 420 ft. on the first day. The next day was almost as tough: 550 ft. Both nights they slept suspended in midair on ropes anchored to pitons, with sleeping bags pulled up to their shoulders and nylon tents over their heads to protect them from the bitter wind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mountain Climbing: Three Days on a Rope | 2/26/1965 | See Source »

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