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Word: handfuls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...South Viet Nam and bolster the South Vietnamese forces for a limited time-and that, perhaps, is all that the President and the nation should have expected to accomplish in Viet Nam. Military men have often said that they were asked to fight the Viet Nam War with one hand tied behind their back. If the goal had been clearly defined as less than a knockout, leaving the ring now would assuredly be easier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: THE ARMY AND VIET NAM: THE STAB-IN-THE-BACK COMPLEX | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

Over a body held in his hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Adam in the Wilderness | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...installed, with the convention delegates making up the National Assembly. That could come as early as 1971. Yahya is convinced that a freely elected Assembly will work in Pakistan. "I have been trying to rehabilitate the nation's political life," he told Coggin, "so that I could hand over the government to the people's representatives. I see some life in the political limbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan: Back to Democracy, On the Double | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

Both in their twenties, Lutin and Damaska also draw up private, individual horoscopes by hand. For this, they charge from 50 to 75 dollars. Sometimes the job takes them as long as two weeks. Astroflash performs in minutes, and the price for the combined portrait and calendar is a relatively moderate five dollars...

Author: By Archibald Macleish, | Title: Astrology | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

Taking my hand, she examined my palm and smiled beatifically. I was glad she was so pleased...

Author: By William BUTLER Yeats, | Title: Dark Mysteries of the Palm...... Or Sticking Your Hand Into a Friendly Computer | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

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