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Word: doublecrossers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Where did that idea and order originate, and why was the dirtiest doublecross in the whole history of civilization so censored? It seems to me that the answer to these questions is an urgently important part of the reporting of the event, otherwise so capably handled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 25, 1963 | 1/25/1963 | See Source »

...nation given up the cold war initiative seized so recently? Was a Communist doublecross in the making? Washington "guidance" veered between optimism and pessimism, but the picture that emerged was one that hardly indicated a quick settlement on terms that the U.S. could accept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: Back to a Boil? | 11/23/1962 | See Source »

...achieving wage-price stability in Election Year 1962 that Kennedy got the word from Blough. He felt that he had been betrayed-and U.S. Steel became an enemy to be smitten at all cost. "U.S. Steel," said a White House aide that afternoon, "picked the wrong President to doublecross. Kennedy can be a hater-and right now I don't think there's any doubt that he hates U.S.Steel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Smiting the Foe | 4/20/1962 | See Source »

...native charges with a nice mixture of cajolery, flattery and big-daddy scolding. His mistake is in thinking that because he is on their side, they are on his. The natives see only that Bewsher is white; to them it is inconceivable that he is not trying to doublecross them. When he loses his life, it is because he has persuaded Marie, by now his wife, that the best weapons are love and soft talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cory's Africa | 8/18/1961 | See Source »

...Doublecross your old mother, you turd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Black Comedy | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

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