Search Details

Word: crookeder (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

The scandal broke last fall when Pre mier Josef Cyrankiewicz, Politburo Member Edward Ochab and other top functionaries suddenly got a rash of Rabelaisian letters that mingled demands for greater intellectual freedom with obscene personal denunciations. Most of the letters, many of which were mimeographed, were mailed from the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: In a Crooked Circle | 1/19/1962 | See Source »

By day, Iranian Archaeologist Ezat Negahban and his crew dig spectacular ancient artifacts out of a low mound in the fertile Goha Valley, 186 miles northwest of Teheran. By night, they stand guard against raiding peasants, crooked local officials and stealthy professional thieves. The round-the-clock duty is wearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Mound of Golden Eggs | 1/12/1962 | See Source »

Having dealt with the livestock, Debbie promptly takes on some other critters: a passel of outlaws, a crooked sheriff (Ken Scott) and a charming cardsharp (Steve Forrest) whose favorite game is stud. Elected sheriff, she soon has the bad guys where they belong, and the charmer where she wants him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Second Time Around | 1/12/1962 | See Source »

Lady Bird's major overhaul for the house was aimed at the kitchen, to which she has added a double-oven electric range, two food freezers and a restaurant-size refrigerator. She has plans to make other minor improvements as she goes along. "If there is a clash between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Home: Ormes & the Man | 11/17/1961 | See Source »

WHEN I come on the department, I had no intention whatsoever of being crooked. I wouldn't have took a nickel if it was lying in front of me. I wanted to be a good cop." Unhappily for Patrolman Gerald Sanford, it was hard to be a good cop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE LESSONS OF DENVER | 11/3/1961 | See Source »

Previous | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Next