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Word: cracks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wings it, and in that spirit the show's resident cast of bright young kooks often make the lines seem funnier than they really are. "If one gag goes completely over your head," says Martin, "there'll be another along in a few seconds that'll crack you up." Sprinkled throughout are quick flashes of famous faces (Peter Lawford, winking broadly: "You don't have to be happy to be gay"), and a variety of sight gags, such as Teletype streamers that chug across the bottom of the screen ("Eartha Kitt-call your draft board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedians: A Put-On Is Not a Put-Down | 3/8/1968 | See Source »

...seemed lost in the foggy expanses of the Garden, the Crimson took a 2-0 lead in a sloppy first period. Bobby Bauer scored off Jack Garrity's rebound at 5:18, and Parrot gunned a 35-foot slap shot that hit goalie Steve Holahan's stick with a crack and went...

Author: By Lee H. Simowitz, | Title: Harvard Icemen Obliterate Elis, 9-1; Parrot Ends As 3rd Highest Scorer | 3/4/1968 | See Source »

...game with minor-league teams and now wanted to see some big-league action; it also did nothing for the morale of up-and-coming young players, hundreds of whom languished in the minors, waiting for somebody to retire or be sent down so they could get their crack at the N.H.L. Finally, the league owners relented, and this year there are not one, not two, but six new franchises-doubling the size of the majors in a single stroke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hockey: Hawk on the Wing | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

Even when a tape recording of the speech proved that Brandt had not insulted De Gaulle, De Gaulle refused to listen, using the episode to embarrass the Germans and crack a whip over their heads. To show the Germans what he thought of them, he summarily canceled luncheon invitations to two visiting Bonn Cabinet ministers, treated President Lübke with frosty politeness and left hanging the threat of a formal French protest. It was not until later in the week, after he had extracted what he could from the situation, that De Gaulle allowed his information minister to announce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Western Europe: The Ravensburg Incident | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

...continuation of the Administration's jittery crack-down on dissent that started with last month's indictment of the Boston Five for draft conspiracy. It should be lifted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Running Scared | 2/10/1968 | See Source »

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