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Word: killinger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Police described the killing as a well-planned, professional job. They found evidence that Touhy had been under surveillance from a basement in an apartment house across the street almost from the day he was released. His movements and habits were well known by his killers. "I don't...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Death on the Steps | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

Convinced that they already had a perfectly clear understanding of South Africa's aspirations, nine African nations sent off a letter to U.N. Secretary Dag Hammarskjold protesting against the "shooting and killing" at Windhoek and sharply reminding the world that after all, South West Africa has "an international status...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH WEST AFRICA: Unhappy Mandate | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

The troubles began in September 1956, when a bomb hidden in a fire extinguisher smashed the office of a Hamburg sporting-goods dealer named Otto Schlüter, killing one man. Schluter's "sporting" weapons, police say, included hand grenades and medium guns bought in Communist Czechoslovakia and destined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Red Hands Across the Border | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

The facts: diethylstilbestrol (stilbestrol for short) is a synthetic of the same chemical family as the female sex hormones (estrogens). Physicians prescribe it for some women whose systems need more estrogens, for some men with prostatic cancer. Back in 1947, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration authorized poultry farmers to use...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Hormones & Chickens | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

From that time on, in his pilgrimage to discover the truth about North and South, Allan meets all the top people. There is "the notorious Levi Coffin of Cincinnati," founder of the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves; Allan is armed with a hunting knife for killing abolitionists, but is charmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Molasses & Manassas | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

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