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Word: comely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jockeys' tender egos weren't bruised enough already, Barbara Jo has another little feminine squelcher up her silken sleeve. Come May 3, she plans to ride Picnic Fare at Churchill Downs-thus becoming the first girl jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horse Racing: Ladies in Silks | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

...Capitol Hill, too, the conglomerates have come under increasing fire, and Congress is considering bills to end favorable tax treatment of the debentures that are often exchanged in conglomerate takeovers.* Rather than wait for such legislation, though, Attorney General John N. Mitchell elected to bring a test case under existing antitrust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: ACTION AGAINST JIM LING | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

Steiger is talking to a young hobo (Robert Drivas), and before the boy's astonished eyes, the skin pictures come alive and involve him in stories of the world's future and his own death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Movies: Walking Nightmare | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

...recent Reuters poll of worldwide film exhibitors reported that Raquel was among the top ten box-office draws. Her pictures are all instantly disposable-but so is the wrapper around a candy bar. "Everyone pays a lot of lip service to sensitivity and artistry," she complains. "But when you come right down to it, it's all money and shooting schedules. They want to be able to write everything out like a financial statement and come out with a neat little sum at the bottom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stars: Sea of C Cups | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

...come-in-from-the-cold novelists have schooled us all in the vileness of the espionage agent's world. Murder, kidnaping, blackmail and the theft of secrets, moreover, hardly appear to be the stuff of which peace is made. Yet there is much documented support for Hagen's claim. His main concern lies in Europe, and he makes a convincing case that since 1945, the balance of power there has been partially maintained through the growth, care and feeding of espionage agencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Balance of Espionage | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

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