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Word: exacts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...somewhat different from what Castro in tended. Instead of rallying. Cubans jittered. Coins virtually disappeared from circulation, as citizens put their reliance on metal money rather than on National Bank Chief "Che" Guevara's autographed paper. Coffee vendors refused to sell 3? cups of coffee until customers produced exact change, and bus conductors had trouble providing change for riders. As many as 2,000 people waited outside the U.S. embassy all night to line up for visas in the morning; appointments were scheduled ahead to February...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Invasion Jitters | 11/7/1960 | See Source »

...suburb, collaborated on the house work, relaxed with morning constitutionals. Arriving in Manhattan last week, they put up in a modest hotel. Townsend, who once snidely ticked off the U.S. as a materialistic nation of salesmen, had possibly come to the U.S. to sell something but craftily kept the exact nature of his fortnight's ''business trip" a stiff-upper-lipped mystery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 31, 1960 | 10/31/1960 | See Source »

This matter is of extreme importance because a number of food cranks are constantly accusing the food industry of opposing this food additive amendment and trying to influence the consumer into believing that the food industries are against adequate safety precaution in their food supplies. The exact opposite is true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 17, 1960 | 10/17/1960 | See Source »

...explanation had more to do with business than show. Toronto's O'Keefe Brewing Co.. having just completed a $12 million civic center for the performing arts, was willing to offer a sizable (exact amount undisclosed) slice of Cana dian bacon to get the right show for the center's dedication. Camelot, the 1960 reunion of My Fair Lady's family (Librettist Alan Jay Lerner, Composer Frederick Loewe, Director Moss Hart, Star Julie Andrews), was the obvious choice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ROAD: The Once & Future show | 10/17/1960 | See Source »

...danger that the office will degenerate into a sinecure is real. These possibilities cannot be codified as a statement of exact duties, and the varying needs of the different Houses make the Fellow's role even vaguer. The success of the program will therefore depend entirely on the vigor and interest of the Master and Fellows in each House, their willingness to seek out ideas and to experiment. To help the Fellows establish a definition of the Office, they should be formed as a distinct body that would coordinate their activities and pass on ideas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Fellows | 10/10/1960 | See Source »

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