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Word: dirtiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this time, but Tshombe was greeted by Nasser's security cops, whisked off to splendid isolation in Uruba Palace, Nasser's 40-room state guest house, where machine-gun-carrying Egyptian commandos were posted with orders to let no one in or out. "This is the dirtiest trick in history," howled Tshombe. "It's unprecedented to imprison a visiting head of government." Forced to watch the conference on television, he refused to eat for fear of being poisoned, drank Katanga beer he had brought with him, and kept his four secretaries up all night typing protests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: The Man Who Wasn't There | 10/16/1964 | See Source »

...Kilgore to run for the Senate rather than for re-election to Congress. Then the Governor of Texas received a telephone call from the President of the United States and Kilgore withdrew. Senator Yarborough was left with only one opponent, a Dallas broadcaster who conducted one of the dirtiest campaigns of recent times but lost none-theless...

Author: By Russell B. Roberts, | Title: Texas in State of Confusion Since Assassination; Johnson Supported By Both Liberals, Conservatives | 9/25/1964 | See Source »

...Kilgore to run for the Senate rather than for re-election to Congress. Then the Governor of Texas received a telephone call from the President of the United States and Kilgore withdrew. Senator Yarborough was left with only one opponent, a Dallas broadcaster who conducted one of the dirtiest campaigns of recent times but lost nonetheless...

Author: By Russell B. Roberts, | Title: Texas in State of Confusion Since Assassination; Johnson Supported By Both Liberals, Conservatives | 9/22/1964 | See Source »

Nucleus Command. Throughout most of Africa, both mercenary and Tshombe were about the dirtiest words on the list. Hiring troops from hated white supremacist countries will just about finish whatever chances Tshombe may have had of ever getting along with other black African nations. And there is little evidence that Tshombe even cares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congo: Help Wanted | 9/4/1964 | See Source »

...Lebanese way of life is reflected in Beirut, which is the noisiest, dirtiest, liveliest and loveliest capital in the Middle East. Surging traffic bewilders a stranger, with tramcars plunging the wrong way down one-way streets, pedestrians and pushcarts jaywalking heedlessly. Garbage lies uncollected around stunning glass-walled apartment buildings, and any car parked below is certain to be littered by melon rinds and pistachio shells tossed from the balconies and windows. As fast as the police write out traffic tickets, motorists throw them away, and cars are double-and triple-parked all over town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: The Sweet Era | 8/28/1964 | See Source »

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