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Word: coiner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Arriving in Havana last week to be lionized by Fidel Castro, Stokely Carmichael, coiner of the black-power slogan, left no doubt that this was true. Declared Carmichael: "In Newark, we applied the war tactics of the guerrillas. We are preparing groups of urban guerrillas for our defense in the cities. The price of these rebellions is a high price that one must pay. This fight is not going to be a simple street meeting. It is going to be a fight to the death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cities: The Fire This Time | 8/4/1967 | See Source »

Winner, 41, is in his first year as St. Louis' head coach, but he was to the manner born - so to speak - since he is the son-in-law of Weeb Ewbank, coach of the American Football League's New York Jets. Weeb is an accomplished coiner of aphorisms, which Charley is fond of quoting. His favorite: "Statistics are for losers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pro Football: They've Got a Winner | 11/11/1966 | See Source »

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