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Word: hecticly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have dawdled along month after month with no bills on the calendar," said Pennsylvania's Joe Clark to a well-filled Senate Chamber. "Now we find ourselves in a hectic position of disarray, trying desperately to pass enough legislation so that we will not be held up to the scorn of the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Drive for Adjournment | 6/27/1960 | See Source »

...rocketed and fizzled like Roman candles "Ridge" Warren has beefed up Trumpet's circulation, but the magazine's advertising is a sickly trickle, its creditors are edgy and the bank is poised to snip its credit life line. Two-thirds of View centers on Ridge's hectic bids to bring the marines of high finance to the rescue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Last Trumpet | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

...Best Man. In a hectic political convention, Playwright Gore Vidal shuffles his cardboard characters with dexterity, but since no issue is ever mentioned, they could just as well be competing for the presidency of a cement company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: On Broadway, may 23, 1960 | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

Then, while the whole world's press has gone mad in sensationalism after the unhappy events in Sharpeville, you come out with a sober, factual, well-written article of what really went on in this hectic week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LETTERS: Letters, may 2, 1960 | 5/2/1960 | See Source »

...early, hectic jockeying, California's James Hughes missed a turn in his green Lotus, killed Photographer George Thompson of the Tampa Tribune, and then was killed himself as the car flipped onto its back. For six hours the Porsche team of German Cafe Owner Hans Hermann, 31, and veteran Belgian Driver Olivier Gendebien, 36, patiently waited back in the pack. One by one the Ferraris broke down under the strain as the Maserati bellowed to a six-lap lead. But at 6:10 p.m., just as headlights flickered on, Moss eased his low-slung car off the course with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Upstart | 4/4/1960 | See Source »

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