Search Details

Word: excepts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Like many variety shows, Laugh-In features new talent-except that the talent is deliberately askew: a virtuoso on the kazoo, a birdcall impressionist, or an all-thumbs juggler. It was in one such segment, for example, that the show inflicted on a helpless nation that hitherto unknown dingaling, Tiny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verrry Interesting . . . But Wild | 10/11/1968 | See Source »

Whitten's role as leader of the group came as no surprise. A conservative and long-time opponent of federal civil rights bills, Whitten had fought to trim every appropriation bill this year (except one providing for increasing Interstate Highway construction, much of it, coincidentally, in the South...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Rights Paralysis | 10/10/1968 | See Source »

...This is the first time Radcliffe rates have gone above Harvard's," Sullivan said. "Our labor relations with Radcliffe have always been excellent except for this problem; previously rate increases have been determined by the Harvard wages...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: Strike at 'Cliffe Averted; Workers' Vote Unanimous | 10/10/1968 | See Source »

MINEHAHA CITY, South Dakota, October 8--There is a strong conservative wind blowing across the fields of South Dakota this fall. It will probably knock the entire Democratic ticket down--except for former presidential candidate George S. McGovern...

Author: By Robert M. Krim, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: McGOVERN SEEN AS LIKELY SENATE VICTOR | 10/9/1968 | See Source »

...film, for instance, made a great point of showing the camaraderie and sense of community of the students in the five buildings during the days of occupation, the Cox Report states that "within the buildings time often passed slowly. Each day was a less exciting day than its predecessor, except for rumor, incidents, and political debate." But, it does also describe or provide a witness's description of the "real community spirit" in the buildings. For the Commission the rebellion was not a display of the "new life" or of "liberation," but rather a political confrontation that had causes...

Author: By Andrew Jamison, | Title: The Cox Report | 10/9/1968 | See Source »

Previous | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | Next