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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rash of Polish jokes ("Why won't they let a Pole swim in Lake Michigan? Because he'll leave a ring"), which began almost underground but now venture into the light. Explains Comic Phyllis Diller: "If it's too close to the truth, it isn't funny. The Poles are far removed from ignorance and dirt, so it's all right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE NEW MELTING POT | 12/2/1966 | See Source »

...second team all-Ivy swordsman, junior Steve Shea is a consistent fencer with several years of pre-Harvard epee competition in New York. Shea has taken the first spot from junior Harry Jergesen, an all-Ivy first team selection who "isn't practicing this year," according to Coach Marion...

Author: By George M. Flesh, | Title: Fencers Face Holy Cross In First Encounter Today | 11/30/1966 | See Source »

Monro hopes to have a finished plan approved by the House Assignment Committee before Christmas. "My impression is that there isn't a great deal of disagreement," he said...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: Monro Drafts New Plan for House Choice | 11/29/1966 | See Source »

...ladylike. When the winner was finally chosen in London's Lyceum Ballroom, green-eyed Miss Malta shrieked: "The judges must be blind!" Not at all, though they did show a certain lack of foresight in picking Miss India, Bombay Medical Student Reita Faria, 23. The new Miss World isn't especially interested in the title. Collecting her $7,000 prize money, she waved away the usual lucrative year of personal-appearance and film offers, prepared to rush home instead to finish her studies, become a gynecologist and marry a Bengal tea planter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 25, 1966 | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

...chairmen, followed them up with personal inspection tours. "It isn't necessary for us to carry the big cities to win statewide," said Bliss, "but let's reduce the losses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elections: A Party for All | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

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