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Word: crisps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...kids. An English playwright of exquisite diction (Robin Bailey) begins wooing Mary, though his blood seems to be several degrees below room temperature. But she can't wash that ring-finger man right out of her hair, not just yet. Hubby has to burn a theater to a crisp and drunkenly clout his little daughter before his charm begins to evade Mary as thoroughly as it has the playgoer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Disenchanted Evening | 10/25/1963 | See Source »

...Harvard Rugby Club outplayed Villanova at Soldiers Field Saturday, in front of a noisy throng of visiting Villanova fans. It was a windy, crisp day, but even the wind proved little hindrance to the Crimson, as they whipped the Wildcats...

Author: By Susan M. Rogers, | Title: Rugby Club Wallops Villanova, 16-3, Gains First Victory of Fall Season | 10/14/1963 | See Source »

...always, McNamara was crisp and decisive, clicking off facts with computerlike precision. But candid as he was, he was still cautious. And in many instances, what he said could only serve as a launching point for what he did not say. Thus, the real, breathtaking picture of U.S. nuclear power could only be seen with the help of other, previously published facts, of earlier testimony before Congress, and of educated estimates and extrapolation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: The Atomic Arsenal | 8/23/1963 | See Source »

...hardly believe," said a member of the West German government last week, "that such friendly animals, so crisp when fried, could cause so much trouble." He was talking about chickens, and the "chicken war" that is being waged transatlantically between the U.S. and its closest friends in Europe. Disturbed by increased Common Market tariffs that have severely cut its lucrative chicken exports to Europe, the U.S. last week decided to retaliate by raising tariffs on many European goods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Common Market: Ruffled Feathers | 8/16/1963 | See Source »

...Katzenbach rode up in a border patrol car and strode purposefully to the doorway. There Wallace stood waiting. He had a lectern in front of him, a microphone draped from his neck and a swarm of state troopers near by. As Katzenbach reached the spot, Wallace snapped out a crisp command: "Stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Races: The Long March | 6/21/1963 | See Source »

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