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Word: closeting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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With speed and resolution that were conspicuously lacking when they popped the closet eleven years ago, Her Majesty's government moved last week to reinter Britain's Public Skeletons 1 and 2: Donald Duart Maclean, now 48, and Guy Francis de Money Burgess, 51, the blue-eyed Foreign Office homosexuals whose 1951 elopement to the Soviet Union prompted one of then-Secretary of State Dean Acheson's rare outbursts. Said he: "My God, Maclean knew everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: End of the Affair? | 4/27/1962 | See Source »

...acceptable item on the new fashion list is the white linen suit, just brought back from years in the closet. White linen, as survivers of the British raj can tell you, is that unique frabric which unites comfort and elegance: it keeps you cool, and it retains its shape...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FASHIONS FOR SPRING | 4/21/1962 | See Source »

...room darkened and the boys at liberty to "make out." Pre-teeners in Los Angeles have developed a modern version of the post-office and spin-the-bottle kissing games. They call it "Seven Minutes of Heaven (or Hell)." The boy takes the girl who is "it" into a closet or some other room and, depending on his inclination, kisses her (Heaven) or hits her (Hell) for seven minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Youth: The Pre-Teens | 4/20/1962 | See Source »

...Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, by Arthur Kopit, turns the battle of the sexes into a surrealistic rout. Among the Venus flytraps, Barbara Harris glistens as the most hilariously voracious sexling since Lolita...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Apr. 20, 1962 | 4/20/1962 | See Source »

...Broadway Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, by Arthur Kopit, turns the battle of the sexes into a surrealistic rout. Among the Venus flytraps, Barbara Harris glistens as the most hilariously voracious sexling since Lolita...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Apr. 13, 1962 | 4/13/1962 | See Source »

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