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Word: boatfuls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pups born in the gulf each year, nearly one-quarter may die at the hands of their natural enemy-man. Their white coats have long been prized for boot and glove trimmings and for fur jackets. In the gulf, a horde of hunters invade the floes on foot, by boat, on ski-equipped planes and in recent years by helicopter. Hundreds of sealers-"swilers" in the Newfoundland dialect-conduct a brief but grimly efficient slaughter. With stout oak clubs they move systematically through the herd, beating the whitecoats to death with raps on the skull. Only if a hulking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Days of the Long Knives | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...Iranians expressed the same thought with different words: "Two midwives will deliver a baby with a crooked head." So do the Italians: "With so many roosters crowing, the sun never comes up." The Russians: "With seven nurses, the child goes blind." And the Japanese: "Too many boatmen run the boat up to the top of the mountain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Language: The Wild Flowers of Thought | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

body, keep it afloat like a boat. They are connected by a jointed shaft that per mits the Coot to flex with the terrain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Hill-and-Gully Riders | 2/28/1969 | See Source »

...whose plot is Bilko at sea. Very much at sea- the Queen being an ocean liner headed for mothballs. Keeping it afloat is a moronic purser (Larry Storch), whose schemes, like catering bar mitzvahs in port, are always being thwarted by the prissy first officer (Billy De Wolfe). The boat is shipshape; the gags are strictly for the scrapyard. Sheldon Leonard, a producer with, as they say, a good track record (The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Spy), has brought in a very usual and savorless crime series called My Friend Tony (NBC). He may have undone himself in attempting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Programming: From Beautiful Downtown Nowhere | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

Died. Charles Winninger, 84, spry old fox of show business whose 58-year career was highlighted by his portrayal of Cap'n Andy in Broadway's Show Boat; of a heart attack; in Palm Springs, Calif. Charlie landed the role of Cap'n Andy in 1927, and by the time Show Boat closed, his famous line, "Hap-pee New Year!," was being imitated by revelers everywhere. After that, in dozens of films (Destry Rides Again, Give My Regards to Broadway), he was type-cast as a bibulous yet benign paterfamilias. Said Winninger: "I've played father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 7, 1969 | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

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