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Word: hammered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...officer of long ago. As he elegantly foots the steps, Olivier conjures up unseen reviewing stands, flying banners, and the martial music of the parade ground. But the inner man is spent, scarred and empty. He loses balance and slumps to the floor as if someone had leveled a hammer at his forehead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Repertory: Best of Breed | 11/3/1967 | See Source »

...magazine husband, a deck of cards missing the jack and the ace--he puts together the phrases and creates a person, the haunted Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, a being made of objects. "Love Minus Zero/ No Limit" is a beautiful love song fashioned out of horsemen, pawns, hammer winds, doctors, bridges, statues, fire, ice, dime stores and bus stations, bankers' nieces and wise...

Author: By John D. Reed, | Title: Bob Dylan | 11/3/1967 | See Source »

Even as these American-assisted pro grams pick up momentum, billboards and newspapers hammer at the need for protein by constant repetition of the slogan: "Eat Better with Less Wheat and Rice." It is no easy selling job, for to peddle proteins in India involves a drastic change in Indian palates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Another Kind of Hunger | 10/27/1967 | See Source »

...father, a gardener. Unlike the old days, he left his friend behind. When he returned to London, Halliwell was waiting. According to the coroner's jury report, Halliwell waited until Orton was asleep, then clubbed him on the head at least nine times with a hammer. After that, Halliwell swallowed "an enormous overdose" of barbiturates and curled up nude close to his lost friend's body. It was, ruled the jury, a "deliberate form of frenzy." So, in a way, was Orton's funeral (Halliwell was buried separately). Instead of organ requiems, the service was accompanied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Death of a Playwright | 9/15/1967 | See Source »

...police station," reported the July issue of the American Rifleman. "To the officer behind the desk, she ex plained that she thought she had heard a prowler but was mistaken. 'Now I can't get it uncocked,' she said. The officer helpfully eased down the hammer without firing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazines: Glory of Guns | 8/25/1967 | See Source »

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