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Word: fifteens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...learned his lesson, Liston won't be in a frantic hurry to dispose of Clay tonight. He will stalk his man, trying to conserve his energy for the fifteen-round cat and mouse game, and wait patiently for the opportunity to break Clay in half with one swipe of his left hand...

Author: By R. ANDREW Beyer, | Title: Liston to Finish Cassius in Five | 5/25/1965 | See Source »

...races start with trial heats at 8:45 a.m., but wait till a more reasonable 4 p.m. The six finals have been scheduled at fifteen minute intervals, with the varsity heavies rowing to victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cornell Poses Biggest Challenge To Five Undefeated Boats in Sprints | 5/14/1965 | See Source »

...Only fifteen places will remain to be filled from the waiting list, since five probably be accepted from a pool of 30 "undecided cases...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1170 Acceptances for' 69 Received; Only 30 Places Remain to Be Filled | 5/12/1965 | See Source »

...Fifteen months after leaving home, Legson appeared at the U.S. Information Service Library in Kampala, Uganda. There he came across a directory of American junior colleges, opened it at random, put his finger on the first words he saw: "Skagit Valley Junior College, Mt. Vernon, Washington." Then and there, he wrote a letter; two weeks later he had a scholarship; nine months later, thanks to the people of Mount Vernon, he had a plane ticket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good Will Odyssey | 4/30/1965 | See Source »

...After fifteen years it's some sappy show. One mustn't be too hard on Nellie Forbush for having trouble with lines like "You just told me you killed a man and it's all right. I hardly know you, yet I know it's all right" or "It isn't as if I cold give you a good reason, Emile. This is emotional." But one might wish that Myra Nassau acted more like Mary Martin and less like Martha Raye, that Dean Stolber (De Becque) were not made up to look like an escaped convict, and that both...

Author: By Jacob R. Brackman, | Title: South Pacific | 4/24/1965 | See Source »

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