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Word: callings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...eager to exercise the sacred right of youth to rebel; but he finds that his totally permissive home life leaves him nothing to rebel against. Despite stilted direction and a somewhat awkward translation, the play is one of those rare and engrossing dramas that pay an evening-long courtesy call on the playgoer's mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Theater, Cinema, Books, Fiction, Nonfiction: Feb. 7, 1969 | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

...making some first impressions that promise to be durable. The President seems keenly aware of the importance of the beginning. So far, he has avoided the blast of major action, but his carefully aimed shafts denote a distinct mood and temper. Paramount among these is what a sociologist might call a sense of inner direction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: FIRST WEEKS: A SENSE OF INNER DIRECTION | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

...plans had an almost surrealistic quality, as if Pueblo were on a paper mission while the military played an elaborate game. Air Force jets were kept "on call" on Okinawa, 900 air miles from Wonsan, North Korea. However, it would have taken 21 hours to scramble the fighters and fly them to Pueblo's aid. Four fighter-bombers were supposed to be ready in South Korea, but they were armed with nuclear warheads and useless for such a mission. Air Force jets stationed in Japan were unavailable because a status-of-forces agreement prevented their use in any combat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: INVESTIGATIONS: CATCH-68 | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

...more fun to call coffee zeese instead of coffee, because it recalled old Z.C., a cook who made coffee so strong you could float an egg on it. Or to call working ottin', after an industrious logger named Otto. To call a big fire in the grate a jeffer, because old Jeff Vestal always had a big fire going. To say charlie ball for embarrass, because old Charlie Ball, a local Indian, was so shy he never said a word. To say forbes, short for four bits, and tubes, for two bits. To call a phone a buckywalter after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Harpin' Boont in Boonville | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

...Kanuth 11 51 106 9.8 Mike Janczewski 16 59 104 6.5 Bob Johnson 8 32 73 9.1 Paul Waickowski 15 27 38 2.5 Jay Noble 14 7 35 2.5 George Yates 14 22 24 1.7 Joe Stanislaw 10 2 8 0.3 Mike Collins 7 1 4 0.5 Brad Call 3 3 2 0.4 Barth Royer 2 1 2 1.0 Others 4 1 Team Rebounds 151 Harvard Totals 16 605 1175 73.2 Opp. Totals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Cagers' Scoring Totals | 2/5/1969 | See Source »

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