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Word: blacks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Birthday suits in their closets along with their black suits and brown suits and navy blue suits? Perhaps, I could see where the popovers were made instead...

Author: By Julie E. Green, | Title: The Harvard Club Of New York City | 12/1/1969 | See Source »

...Brown in 100 Rifles. She reportedly called Brown "a convict" during a tantrum in Fox Vice President Richard Zanuck's office. On location, Brown did little to smooth the situation, which took on unfortunate racial overtones. At lunch he growled at her: "Pass the salt; it isn't black." She and Brown finally stopped talking altogether. The picture was execrable. But it cost only $6 million and raked in money. Another south-of-the-border oater, Bandolero, gave Raquel the opportunity to demand of Dean Martin, "How duss hay man get to be han hanimal like ju?" Such lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Myra/Raquel: The Predator of Hollywood | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

...night with its inimitable brand of gritty, Negro-derived blues, the group re-established itself as one of the most durable and original forces in rock. As usual, the music tapped the dark, demonic strain in human emotions, and as usual, the central figure was Jagger, gaunt in black jersey, jeweled belt, red scarf around the neck, black pants with buttons down the side, and Indian moccasins for easy leaping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Rose Petals and Revolution | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

Hollister has lately conceded that inflation may help the white more than the black poor because it is harder for the latter to obtain jobs even in times of labor scarcity. He calculates that 61% annual rate of price increases, which the U.S. exceeded in some months of 1969, hurts poor whites as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: How Inflation Helps--and Hurts--the Poor | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

...more likely to read Pascal, whom Voltaire hated, or Rousseau, who hated Voltaire, than Voltaire himself, who lives today mainly through Candide. In this black-comedy response to the evils of history, he seems closest to the modern reader, as in his conclusion: Cultivate your garden (modern translation: Do your own thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Chaos of Clarity | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

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