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Word: destroyed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jeff Beck understands very well that a man who masters guitar has tapped an enormous source of energy. Having done so, he relishes in his freedom and glory much as a racing driver thrills to the knowledge that he is in control of a powerful machine, one that can destroy him if it goes out of control...

Author: By Salahuddin I. Imam, | Title: The Jeff Beck Group | 10/30/1968 | See Source »

with any "superiority" realistically attainable, the blunt, nescapable fact remains that the Soviet Union could still effectively destroy the United States, even after absorbing the full weight of an American first strike...

Author: By Jack D. Burke. jr., | Title: The New Missile Gap | 10/26/1968 | See Source »

...that by refusing to support HHH Dr. Peretz and other McCarthy supporters "destroy any pretensions they have had to sincere concern for social justice and human rights" is simply asinine. In the first place, it is anything but obvious to me that a "sincere concern for social justice" necessitates a vote for Hubert Humphrey, whose sincere concern for that war in Vietnam has seriously impaired the domestic programs for social justice in the United States. What ever happened to the Poverty Program, the OEO, and countless other programs promised to the poor and Black Americans by the Johnson-Humphrey Administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VOTING FOR HHH | 10/26/1968 | See Source »

...could not be undertaken by the U.S. if we were to maintain our moral position at home and around the globe. Our struggle against Communism throughout the world was far more than physical survival-it has as its essence our heritage and our ideals, and these we must not destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memoirs: Bobby's View | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

...have shunned non-white performers in commercials for fear of alienating Southern viewers and attaching an "ethnic identification" to a product. What white Mississippian would want to drink a beer that is praised by a Negro? There was also the feeling that the sight of a black face would destroy the carefully contrived fantasy world of the TV ad; the sponsors were worried that the viewer would suddenly exclaim, "Hey, there's a Negro!"-and miss the message. Recently, however, a test commercial featuring a Negro mother talking about Pampers, a disposable diaper, showed that 60% of the viewers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Commercials: Crossing the Color Line | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

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