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Word: commonical (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Breast beating is common enough in Izvestia. But what was the problem that aggravated the Russians this time? The disappointing showing of Soviet athletes at last month's Olympic Games. The final medal standings at the Mexico City games showed the U.S. with 45 gold, 28 silver and 34 bronze for a total of 107, compared with Russia's 29 gold, 32 silver, 30 bronze and a total of 91. Track and field was an utter debacle for the Russians, who managed to win only three events while the U.S. was winning 15. Every bit as embarrassing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Olympics: Passionless Games | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...financial, from an advisory committee that includes Time Inc. Chairman Andrew Heiskell, New York Times Associate Managing Editor Abe Rosenthal and Harper's Editor Willie Morris. Basically, however, the editors are counting on the fact that blacks and whites are concerned enough about one another to share a common newspaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newspapers: Candor in Black and White | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

Under a deal devised with the help of Kidder, Peabody & Co., a group of blue-chip investors has agreed to give Lytton Financial a $25.5 million transfusion. The holding company will sell $8,000,000 worth of common stock to pay off a crippling burden of debt. To rebuild its reserves, the company's largest subsidiary, Los Angeles-based Lytton

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finance: Making a Pedigreed Lion Out of Three Alley Cats | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...also will sell the group of investors $17.5 million in debentures that are convertible into the common stock of Lytton Financial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finance: Making a Pedigreed Lion Out of Three Alley Cats | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...everybody danced. They danced happily, passionately, playfully, romantically, with Ted leading them all. After an hour and a half, many were still dancing, and as one group of students turned to go, Ted waved to them and shouted, "By May we'll have 5000 people dancing on the Cambridge Common." He turned back to the girl he was with and went on dancing...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: At Christ Church | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

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