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Word: cracks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only Katanga would prove as easy to crack," sighed one Western diplomat in the Congo last week. But Moise Tshombe was holding out as stubbornly as ever for his region's autonomy, and for the lion's share of the vast concession fees of Ka tanga's Belgian and British-controlled copper and cobalt riches. As U.S. Under Secretary of State George McGhee conferred patiently in Elisabethville, hoping to convince Tshombe that Katanga must return to the Congo fold, U.N. Acting Secretary-General U Thant published a U.N. report from Leopoldville which charged that Tshombe was beefing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congo: Exit, King of Diamonds | 10/19/1962 | See Source »

Tierney also plans to crack down on Radcliffe girls who "make a game of trying to stay on the white line in the middle of the road" while riding along Garden St. From now on, claimed Tierney "Girl, bike, and little green bag are going to get a free ride to Central Square, via paddy wagon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Haul in Bikes From City Sidewalks | 10/13/1962 | See Source »

...sister has 31 of them, but for Princess Margaret, 32, it was her very first royal equerry. He is Major Michael Patrick Andrew Mitchell, 34, a tall bachelor from the crack Coldstream Guards, who will serve as a surrogate squire for Meg at those endless official functions Husband Tony may prefer to miss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 12, 1962 | 10/12/1962 | See Source »

...will be another year before the Crimson gets a second crack at the Ephmen and the varsity has a game with Amherst Saturday and an Ivy League Championship to think of before then...

Author: By Robert A. Ferguson, | Title: Williams Double Teams Ohiri To Upset Harvard Soccermen | 10/11/1962 | See Source »

...Bellmon obviously senses that victory is within reach. "After 55 years of Democrats," he says, "it's up to us this year to head up an honest, hardworking and harmonious Governor's office. If we don't, it may take another 50 years to get another crack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Within Reach | 10/5/1962 | See Source »

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