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Word: flame (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hats and Tops. Maybe he was across the street, casing the competition: Kirk Kerkorian's new 1,519-room International Hotel, which laid claim to a few superlatives itself. The "world's biggest" eternal flame (35 ft. high) burned brightly outside the entrance, while the "world's largest" swimming pool (350,000 gallons), located on the second-floor-roof "recreation deck," leaked water into the "world's biggest" casino (30,000 sq. ft.), directly below. Dwarfed by a stage as large as that of Radio City Music Hall, Barbra Streisand belted out Hello, Dolly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: LAS VEGAS: THE GAME IS ILLUSION | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

...away Tanzania will also be dedicated in his name. Congress has authorized $750,000 to build an access road and other improvements at his Arlington grave site. In the last year, five and a half million visitors have filed quietly past his grave, not far from the eternal flame that commemorates his elder brother, whom he later joined in the pantheon of American leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anniversaries: R.F.K. Remembered | 6/6/1969 | See Source »

...cemetery I sensed that it was not only George Lewis that we were playing for, but also a tradition, a culture, and a great people. And so, when the drums picked up the tempo out in the street, and the second line shouted and began to dance, and the flame-painted umbrellas appeared, I played my loudest and gayest music

Author: By Thomas A. Sancton, | Title: 'I Had to Make Music Like That, Too' | 5/21/1969 | See Source »

Soon a sparkling sorceress winked, and he fell. Their times together shone with a hard, gem-like flame. But the sorceress wanted something less than a prince. "We, your highness, are having too much fun." She changed herself into a balloon and drifted upward...

Author: By Jeffrey D. Blum, | Title: The Prince | 5/21/1969 | See Source »

Would the Pakistanis really revolt against the army? "Is it possible for the army to kill 125 million Pakistanis?" counters Bhashani angrily. "Have the North Vietnamese quit fighting? We are Southeast Asians like them. When the flame of discontent is lit, the people will stop at nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan: Prophet of Violence | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

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