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Word: cliff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...named Dean Martin, played by Martin himself in an orgy of self-parody. En route to Hollywood from Las Vegas, the swinger has to detour through the town of Climax, Nev. "The only way to go," he leers. In Climax his Dual-Ghia is sabotaged by a garage mechanic (Cliff Osmond) and a piano teacher (Ray Walston) who want to peddle their songs. Martin's only interest is broads ("If I skip one night, I wake up with such a headache"). Unwilling to peddle his own wife (Felicia Farr) along with his tunes, Walston drives her away and brings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hipster's Harlot | 1/1/1965 | See Source »

...dive presents another cliff-hanger for the two teams. Army's A1 Alexander just edged Danny Mahoney off the high board last year, but Mahoney came back to flip him soundly in the Easterns and the nationals. In Cambridge Mahoney would win; with Army's judges it will be close...

Author: By John D. Gerhart, | Title: Cadets Favored Over Swim Team But Strong Crimson May Surprise | 12/5/1964 | See Source »

...such faraway places as Ghana and Senegal. Last week Christian Democrat Eduardo Frei, 53, Chile's newly-installed president by virtue of a resounding victory over Communist-backed Salvador Allende, called his first Cabinet meeting and got down to the toil of pulling his country back from the cliff edge of financial ruin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chile: And Now to Toil | 11/20/1964 | See Source »

Over the flat third mile Lynch closed the gap to ten yards, and when the two started to climb the cliff-like "cemetery hill," the two were virtually even...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Walt Hewlett Runs Second in IC4A Meet; Dave Allen Finishes Twelfth, Team Sixth | 11/17/1964 | See Source »

marines and 2,000 Spanish marines were deployed. High atop a yellow cliff, a Spanish admiral looked down at the smooth flow of men and machines and termed it "an incredibly complex, perfectly organized and flawless operation." It was not entirely flawless. Marine Lieut. Colonel James B. Ord, at an inland command post, noted a column of smoke twisting over pine trees on the horizon. Grumbled Ord: "Some damn fool started a forest fire. I hope they get it out quickly." Then his walkie-talkie man reported: "Two helicopters have collided and crashed." The H-34 choppers, carrying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: Modern Spanish Armada | 11/6/1964 | See Source »

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