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Word: demolishing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Safe Streets Act of 1968. Justice Department officials were quick to cite that fact. The officials regard the New Jersey crackdown as the first skirmish in a full-scale war on the Mafia. Said Will Wilson, chief of the department's Criminal Division: "Our overall goal is to demolish the rackets. The first step in curing inner-city problems is to free local government from the control of the rackets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Jersey: City Under Indictment | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

...George Church and researched by Sue Raffety, is the first direct result of such contact. The excerpts from the board's initial meeting were compiled by Clell Bryant and Claire Barnett. What does not appear in the excerpts is one little exchange that goes a long way to demolish Carlyle's famous description of economics as "the dismal science." Asked by Editor Loeb to clarify a point during the discussions, Dr. Walter Heller, a former presidential adviser, smilingly replied: "I purposely left that a little vague. I was following the Alex Cairncross dictum. His first rule when making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Nov. 14, 1969 | 11/14/1969 | See Source »

...Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin never once spill over. Her Kate is a farouche wallflower on the surface, a child within. Kate's trustful obedience, when it is finally granted to Petruchio at the end of a rough-and-tumble parody in which Cragun and Haydée hilariously demolish the pas de deux, seems an emotional accolade, a lover's gift of infinite worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ballet: Two for the Season | 11/7/1969 | See Source »

Levin's style won him all but two matches this spring. The verbal psyche helped. Last weekend, playing with Rocky Jarvis at first doubles, Levin had just missed a devastating forehand slam. Glancing at his Yale opponent and breaking into a grin he said, "I really wanted to demolish you that time." The Yale tandem fell...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Crimson Tennis Star Plays for Pleasure | 5/21/1969 | See Source »

After missing a devastating forehand slam in the second set, Levin glanced at Haydemann and said, "I really wanted to demolish you that time...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Netmen Trounce Yale Squad, 6-3 | 5/19/1969 | See Source »

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