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Word: frightenedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...male jaguar takes over, feints past the cayman's jaws, gets a death grip and drowns the reptile. The jaguars lose no battles, although their prey sometimes escapes. Working singly or as a team, they kill a snorting peccary (wild pig) and a huge boa constrictor, and frighten a tapir out of its scant wits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Aug. 22, 1960 | 8/22/1960 | See Source »

...purpose of the picture was not to frighten but to reassure. Along Britain's coast there are 20 Thor squadrons of three missiles each, the warheads of most in position. But they cannot be fired by someone pushing a button in a panic. Under the terms of a 1958 agreement, the British man the missiles while the U.S. has control of the warheads. The keys symbolize and make concrete that joint control. Actually, there are two sets of keys, one held by a U.S. officer, another by an R.A.F. officer. There are three keys in each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: KEY TO EXISTENCE | 8/8/1960 | See Source »

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