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Word: letting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seen the greatness of his idealism, and if in his efforts to make this ideal a reality he often blunders, fails, fosters dislocation and uncertainty, he merely shares in a perplexity as old, and as common, as mankind. It is his willingness to persist that makes him uncommon. Let it be the greatest hope of all of us that his courage never fails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 27, 1968 | 12/27/1968 | See Source »

...established a reputation as a competent, calm and fair judge. Overwhelmed by the reaction to his decision, he suffered a nervous breakdown a few days later. Meanwhile, as 7,000 left-wing students demonstrated against the verdict on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm, Chief Federal Prosecutor Ludwig Martin let it be known that he would handle the appeal against the acquittal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: Acquittal of the Blood Judge | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

...down on the ice and dashing in and out of telephone booths," admits Tenley. As for the girls, who are following in her tracks, it's a little early to tell if they will be serious skaters, says Tenley. "Last Sunday was the first time Elin let go of my hand. Now that's a landmark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 20, 1968 | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

...mellower moments, Norris seemed content to let Watson's IBM hold the overwhelming lead: "I want Control Data to be the Ford of the com puter industry." Though few people expect that IBM will be broken up, Control Data's suit may force the giant to back up a step or two. At the very least, it may prevent premature announcements of computers that are not quite ready to live up to expectations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Tackling IBM | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

...tobacco chewing, though, when Childie humbles herself before George and crunches a cigar butt in her mouth. There is also the customary hugging of childhood dolls, the eerie apartment, the screeching lovers' quarrels. Mercy and Childie have one love scene of unprecedented explicitness, but even that is not let alone. George catches the lovers en flagrante, throwing open the door in the manner of a Joan Crawford melodrama. In the fervent exploration of once-forbidden terrain, film makers are understandably attracted to themes of homosexuality. Still, treating lesbians as if they were only men in skirts is like treating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: What Ever Happened to Childie McNaught? | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

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