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Word: finests (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reason is not just that Toys has a sense of tautness, insight and power; it also has a pervasive sense of playwriting. It constitutes a dramatic journey, with a destination, rather than a mere series of vivid theatrical way stations. And it so clearly reaches its destination that its finest moments are its concluding ones. This alone is outstanding in a Broadway theater world that, even when it knows where it is going, too often about-faces when it gets there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays on Broadway, Mar. 7, 1960 | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

...from alternate skates), and easily won her gold medal to keep a promise made to her dying mother in 1956. Daughter of a baker and a junior at New York University, Carol insists that she will not cash in on her hard-earned skill as the world's finest skater. Said she: "I want to think about the next dance as the most important thing in my future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Trial by Snow | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

...meet was billed as a tour de force for the amazing Konrads kids, the finest freestylers in history. John, 17, and Ilsa, 15, each held six world records. Barrel-chested John was superb: he shaved .3 sec. off his 220-yd. record with a time of 2:01.6, later swam the 440 in 4:15.9, to break his record by 3.1 sec. (and better by .7 sec. the 400-meter mark of Japan's Tsuyoshi Yamanaka), ended by chopping 17.7 sec. off his record for 1,650 yds. (and 1,500 meters) with a time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Dawn Down Under | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

...weekend skiers, the best skis in the world are the aluminum and plastic Head skis. The finest skis are traditionally made by European craftsmen, who have practiced the art for years, and in his field Howard Head, 45, is a Johnny-come-lately. The first time Head, a Harvard graduate ('36), went skiing was in 1946. He liked the sport but not the skis. An aircraft draftsman, Head decided that light and strong aluminum should be as good for skis as for planes. He proved his point by becoming the first manufacturer to sell metal skis in quantity. Head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RECREATION: Head of the Trail | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

Ikiru (Japanese) is perhaps the finest achievement of Director Akira (Rashomon) Kurosawa, a masterwork of burning social conscience and hard-eyed psychological realism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: On Broadway, Feb. 29, 1960 | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

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