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Word: englandisms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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SALESMAN. The Maysles Brothers spent six weeks filming an actual group of New England Bible salesmen at work; the result is an arresting and occasionally appalling cinema verite record of one desperate part of American society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Apr. 4, 1969 | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

...descendant of the 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia who, as an admiral, led the Spanish Armada against England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 4, 1969 | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

That kind of detail, plus the fact that Churchill placed much of the blame on the British government, touched feelings of guilt in England. "It is British policy to keep Nigeria one and to keep it one by force of arms," he wrote. "Because the British government have never publicly disassociated themselves from these wanton and deliberate bombing raids-as they felt compelled to do in regard to the American bombing raids on North Viet Nam-Britain must bear a very grave responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reporters: More Than a Name | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

...Guidebook can be believed, Ivy architecture can be broken down into Majestic Gothic and Traditional Ivy Covered. Five schools have the sprawling urban campus, three are New England rural setting. Once you have the location and the architecture, map out the coordinates on the magic chart and Bingo, there's that school in a nice neat package...

Author: By Scott W. Jacobs, | Title: Ivy League Guidebook | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...left unlocked after hours to allow extra study space for students who want an entire room, complete with blackboards, chalk, and 20 empty desks, to study in." Only after six pages of computer sketches of Snoopy and praise for the Dartmouth campus--traditional Ivy Covered in rural New England setting--do the authors drop Dartmouth's one beautiful feature: the grocery store runs the largest distributorship of beer between Boston and Montreal...

Author: By Scott W. Jacobs, | Title: Ivy League Guidebook | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

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