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Word: echo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...craggy shoulders of the Bavarian Alps, the old sounds can be heard throughout the day and much of the night, stirring nightmares of the past and mixed feelings about the future. The sounds are the bark of parade-ground sergeants, the whine of fighter planes, the far-trailing echo of strong young voices singing When the Soldiers March Through Town as a paratroop company swings along Franconian roads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Watchman on the Rhine | 12/19/1960 | See Source »

With growing troubles at home, the Cuban government showed its unease by relaxing for the moment its word war with the U.S. President Osvaldo Dorticós, a reliable echo chamber for Castro, spoke about repairing relations with the U.S. Castro himself struck an unaccustomed note: "Perhaps by temperament many of us like battle more than tranquil life. Nevertheless when we have on our shoulders a responsibility like we have today, we strive to be above all passions." Brother Raul chimed in: "It is not our desire to be at war. One day we will see these weapons converted into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: The Start of Sabotage | 12/5/1960 | See Source »

Like the creak of wheels on a horse-drawn cart or the dry wheeze of a hand-cranked auto engine, the familiar ring-a-ling of the telephone will soon be only an echo of the past. The telephone of the future will emit four staccato baritone beeps-and this week, in the homes of 300 residents of Morris, Ill., a farming center 75 miles southwest of Chicago, the beep of tomorrow could already be heard. Using Morris as a pilot project, Bell Telephone Laboratories have installed telephones that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Goodbye Ring-a-Ling | 12/5/1960 | See Source »

...With majestic mien the New York Times proclaimed Kennedy's election. An answering echo came from California where Kennedy was maintaining a steady 50,000 lead: the pro-Nixon San Francisco Examiner announced that Kennedy had carried the state and the nation. Even so, the result still was not official, and Nixon was conceding nothing. Ohio's Democratic Governor Mike Di Salle, who went hook, line and sinker for Kennedy, still could not believe that Kennedy (and perhaps Di Salle) was sunk in Ohio. Kennedy rallied to take the lead in the fight for Minnesota...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE COUNT: Hour-by-Hour | 11/16/1960 | See Source »

Although the area gave Elsenhower a smashing majority in 1956, people are listening for an echo of the New Deal, and Kennedy brought it. "If you feel at a minimum wage of $1.25 is extreme," he told the crowds, "Mr. Nixon is your...

Author: By Craig K. Comstook, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Crowds Greet Kennedy With Enthusiasm, Doubt | 10/29/1960 | See Source »

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