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Word: burnes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...open housing law. This need not spell death for a politician he argues. It can even win votes. "People are immediately worried about property values going down," he explains. "You show them that if you don't let the Negro move in next door today, he will burn down your house ten years from now. And then it won't be worth a dime...

Author: By Kerry Gruson, | Title: Benjamin W. Smith: New South Hero | 11/8/1967 | See Source »

...pillows, which form the seat, arms and back, are chemically treated so that the worst thing a cigarette ember can do is burn a hole. If that happens, the pillow is unhooked and a $5 spare substituted. Those with weak lungs can inflate the cushion by attaching it to a hair dryer or the exhaust opening of a vacuum cleaner. Mass Art's next project is a kit of inflatable chairs, sofas, and tables that can furnish an entire living room but be packed into a crate 5 ft. on a side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Pop Goes the Plastic | 10/27/1967 | See Source »

...become anathema to anti-war groups because of its production of napalm. The substance is intended to burn out jungle overgrowth, but it falls all too often on Vietnamese civilians. Napalm--and the company that makes it--have become symbolic of a war that tries to destroy communism by bombing people...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Justified Demonstration | 10/26/1967 | See Source »

...horror and beauty of your eyes burn between...

Author: By Patrick Odonnell, | Title: Berryman's Sonnets | 10/14/1967 | See Source »

What's this? The towering Fenway arc-lights burn brightly. Can there be more to come? Of course, that's it--it's all a mistake. Yaz is in there taking post-game batting practice. He'll nap before tomorrow's game, belt a couple of homers, and the Sox will be champions of the world...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Did It Ever Really Happen? | 10/14/1967 | See Source »

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