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Word: feet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...faces and how full of light! Ten women sing and walk in serried ranks. They are as triumphant as though all around them were people crossing themselves, praying, repenting, bowing to the ground. These women do not smell the cigarette smoke, their ears are closed to the obscenities, their feet move across the yard not sensing that it has turned into a dance floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Easter Procession | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...Governs the feet) Jupiter, Neptune-rulers of the 12thhouse

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Modern Living: Mar. 21, 1969 | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...thrown up by gunners who confuse friendlies with the Intruder. As they near ground level, crews must maneuver in darkness for all but the final 30 seconds before touchdown. The runway is really only a section of the road between Uli and Mgbidi that has been widened to 75 feet. "That's a nice wide road," comments one flyer, "but a damned narrow runway." Airplanes' wheels have no more than a 20-ft. margin on either side. Wingtips brush treetops, and to avoid running out of runway, pilots reverse their propellers and "stand" on their brakes. Not infrequently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biafra: Come on Down and Get Killed | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...hate to bring that up," the controller replied, "but there are fairly heavy winds around 30 knots (34.5 m.p.h.), or so, and waves around 6 to 8 feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Rousing End to a Relaxed Flight | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...designed to beat back the invasion of imports. The Maverick is much lower and wider than the Volkswagen, which Ford executives call "the target car." It is also a bit thirstier-Ford claims about 22 miles per gallon v. the VW's 25 m.p.g. -and nearly two feet longer, measuring 179 in. from its broad nose to its short tail. But the Maverick is also several inches shorter than such "compacts" as Ford's Falcon, which has grown to 184 in. in length and $2,283 in price. Partly because more and more Americans want smaller and less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE MAKING OF THE MAVERICK | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

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