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Word: hooke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Often praised as an adroit practitioner of the soft sell, Fund Raiser McCord, 64, prefers to think of himself as a man "fishing with a barbless hook." He says his technique "does not stem from any personal bias, but simply out of my unshakable belief in the philosophy of using civilized language for a civil purpose' According to McCord, college fund raisers should "act as though we were an extension of, and not simply a blunt instrument for, our alma mater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Barbless Hook | 6/29/1962 | See Source »

Spain's application to hook up with the Common Market (so far. no response from the Six) was an enormous psychological step that fits in with other changes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain: Toward a Change | 6/22/1962 | See Source »

this time piling in under the bag with a neat hook slide. The rest was easy. A Dodger batsman lifted a pop fly to short centerfield, and Wills came scooting home -again beating the throw-with the run that not only won the game, but for the first time this year put the Dodgers alone at the top of the National League...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Base Thief | 6/22/1962 | See Source »

...Boston & Maine, the hotspur of U.S. railroading at least set a refreshing precedent. On previous occasions-aboard the Norfolk Southern, the Central of Georgia and the New Haven-McGinnis was tossed out by angry stockholders. At the B. & M. he decided to move up to chairman on his own hook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Railroads: In Advance of Ulcers | 6/22/1962 | See Source »

...ringing telephone shattered the silence in the bedroom of a two-story brick duplex in Philadelphia's Burholme Park section one morning last week. Associated Press Newsman Lee L. Linder, 38, looked at his watch. It was 3 a.m. Groggy with sleep, he lifted the receiver off the hook. "Who is it?" demanded his wife Thelma. "The FBI," Linder said. "They've got their nerve," said his wife. "Hang up on them." Linder did. But within the hour, two FBI agents were knocking at the Linders' door, and Linder let them in. As he talked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: In the Middle of the Night | 4/20/1962 | See Source »

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