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Word: learnedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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In large measure, his current success flows from the ineptness or vulnerability of his opponents inside the party. George Romney, first in the ring, was the first to drop out. Ronald Reagan had possibilities, but was too new on the scene and too rigid in his views. Nelson Rockefeller, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: NOW THE REPUBLIC | 8/16/1968 | See Source »

No Boxes. Rockefeller's position is not so sanguine. Already well into his third term, he will undoubtedly think twice before seeking an unprecedented fourth in 1970. A Senate seat is even less likely. One New York Senate seat will be voted on this fall, while for the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: ONCE AND FUTURE CANDIDATES | 8/16/1968 | See Source »

The hearing specialists used to worry about loud noise as a cause of deafness only in industrial and military situations. They knew that eight hours of daily exposure, year in and year out, to the din of the proverbial boiler factory would eventually result in permanent, irreversible hearing loss. Riveters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Otology: Going Deaf from Rock 'n' Roll | 8/9/1968 | See Source »

Grosvenor likes nothing better than to design a work to fit a particular space. But he has learned that there is nothing more important than the choice of a client. Invited by Hugh Hefner to do a lobby for a Playboy Club in Wisconsin, Grosvenor proposed a piece so large...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sculpture: Bolt Ahoy | 8/2/1968 | See Source »

Name a game, practically any game, and Americans have clasped it to their chests. The world's most sports-mad people have learned bowling from the Dutch, hockey from the Canadians, curling from the Scots, skiing from the Scandinavians, and just about everything else that anyone plays anywhere. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cricket: And Now the Colonials | 8/2/1968 | See Source »

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