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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...isn't very difficult to understand. The last decade, in particular, has taught black Americans that the attainment of legal rights which should have been theirs as a matter of course didn't mean much either. A cup of coffee in a Southern cafe. The cance to urinate next to a white man in a washroom. The opportunity to spen da night in a decent hotel room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ghetto Blot: Riot Potential | 8/1/1967 | See Source »

...Javits has decided that it isn't going to happen. For one thing, a man simply does not actively seek the vice-presidency, and Javits concluded that he was making himself look a little foolish. The vice-presidency "is no longer a hot subject," he said in an interview last week. "My present political concern is re-election"-meaning a run for a third Senate term next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans: No Longer a Hot Subject | 7/28/1967 | See Source »

...looked over 56 nicely accentuated young ladies and selected the reigning Miss U.S.A., Sylvia Hitchcock, 21, to be the next Miss Universe. A Miami poultry farmer's daughter and an art major at the University of Alabama, the new queen plans to go into teaching if her head isn't turned by $31,000 in baubles and the lure of Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 28, 1967 | 7/28/1967 | See Source »

...That was a very imaginative piece. What people aren't aware of is that it isn't the hippies who are rebelling; it is society that has rebelled against and turned its back on love, individuality and humanity. All the hippies are attempting is to set the course straight. As for drugs, I am 17 years old and am looking forward to experiencing the psychedelic field. I am already tired of viewing objects from the same patterned angles and perspectives, that is, from bottom, top, sideways -I want to get inside things, in the mainstream, bloodstream-sightsee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 21, 1967 | 7/21/1967 | See Source »

Some expressions are hard to punctuate. Take the phrase "How about that"; too sprightly for a plain ordinary . , it is sometimes too ironic to justify an ebullient ! . More often than not, isn't it really a question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Language: New Punctuation Mark | 7/21/1967 | See Source »

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