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Word: compliments (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...compliment to the mischievous skill of Iris Murdoch that her ten previous novels-notably Under the Net, The Unicorn and The Red and the Green-have kept critics guessing about the direction in which her talent might develop. The Nice and the Good may give them a sad clue, for the answer seems to be middle-age spread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: By Love Possessed | 1/5/1968 | See Source »

...channel sounds as if it might be an affiliate of the BBC. But it is an independent station and-even more unlikely-a public (or educational) channel based in San Francisco. Commercial stations in town pay it the ultimate compliment of running KQED's better film footage on their news shows. And though there are 149 other public channels in the U.S., KQED this year provided more than half of the programming pooled among them by the Educational Television Service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public TV: Swing: Q.E.D. | 12/8/1967 | See Source »

...Luke, Polish Composer Krzysztof Penderecki was exuberant. The conductor, he said, "is excellent. He understands modern music-he has composed it himself. I have complete trust in him." Penderecki was talking about the musical director of the Minneapolis Symphony, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, 44. Later in the week, Skrowaczewski returned the compliment by leading his orchestra, soloists and local choristers in two austerely jolting performances of the Passion at Minneapolis' Northrup Auditorium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Orchestras: Big Five Plus One? | 11/10/1967 | See Source »

...U.C.L.A. in one season had better have a sense of humor. Southern California's John McKay, 44, is quick with a quip. Ask McKay whether he thinks emotion is important in football, and he says: "My wife is emotional, but she's a very poor football player." Compliment John on the fact that his Trojans are the No. 1-ranked team in the U.S., and he shrugs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Trojan Horses | 10/27/1967 | See Source »

...team and is missing two front teeth, but more because he calls up fond memories of the days when giants roamed the Irish loam. Notre Dame's athletic director, Edward ("Moose") Krause calls Hardy "one of the greatest athletes we've ever had here"-no mean compliment considering that Notre Dame has produced the likes of Knute Rockne, Johnny Lujack and the legendary George Gipp. Fans call Hardy Supermick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Supermick | 10/6/1967 | See Source »

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