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Word: hammered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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While seconding the motion, Rogers G. Albritton, professor of Philosophy, continued to hammer away at the uniqueness of the war, and of this particular Faculty meeting. "Debates on political matters should not become customary at our meetings." he said, and noted that calling an unofficial convocation would set a worse precedent for Faculty debate of political matters...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: The Faculty's Vote: How Did It Happen? | 10/8/1969 | See Source »

Childlike Vista. The record's unity is best illustrated by the tightly knit and unpretentious way it combines a variety of styles. Among them: old-line rock 'n' roll (Oh! Darling), low blues (I Want You), high camp (Maxwell's Silver Hammer), folk (Here Comes the Sun). Though the listener here and there finds such things as a vocal chorus or a swash of electronic sound, most of the time the instrumental textures are uncluttered by overdubbing. Rarely has John played better guitar than on I Want You (She's So Heavy), a cunning combination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Records: The Beatles: Cheerful Coherence | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

Most white Rhodesians dismissed the eviction as a simple matter of slum clearance. Internal Affairs Minister Lance Smith attacked those whites who protested, accusing them of being Communists or fellow travelers. Said Hammer: "People should mind their own business and not incite uneducated people to resist the law of the land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rhodesia: Slum Clearance, Salisbury-Style | 9/26/1969 | See Source »

...week's end, all of the Tangwena had been removed from the ranch and trucked off to the new preserve, where crude huts were being built for them. What would Hammer do with the newly cleared land? He refused to say, but there was a report that he planned to sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rhodesia: Slum Clearance, Salisbury-Style | 9/26/1969 | See Source »

...idea of easy euphoria has been underscored as the variety and use of legitimate pills have proliferated. One-quarter to one-third of all the medical prescriptions now written in the U.S. is tor a mood-altering pep pill or tranquilizer; newspaper, magazine and television ads hammer away at the theme that relief is just a swallow away for any condition, from nervous tension to drowsiness. As Sociologists William Simon and John H. Gagnon write: "Modern medicine has made drugs highly legitimate, something to be taken casually and not only during moments of acute and certified stress. Our children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Pop Drugs: The High as a Way of Life | 9/26/1969 | See Source »

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