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Word: liquidations (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...announcement that The Animals had been hired to perform for the freshmen. What is particularly amazing is that this group was chosen before it had reached the apex of its stardom and therefore before it became financially unfeasible. Saturday night, Jubilarians enjoyed a floating party, complete with band and liquid mixer, aboard a huge pleasure cruiser. Few participants remembers, or care, that for a full hour the boat never left the dock because it failed to pass Coast Guard inspection, and the "authorities" wouldn't release the floating bacchanal...

Author: By Peter J. Bernbaum, | Title: The Glorious Story of Jubilee: Why You Want to Go This Year | 4/30/1969 | See Source »

This week the Safety Board is investigating a Southern Railway derailment in Laurel, Miss., where 13 tank cars loaded with liquid petroleum gas skipped track and exploded. Ten square blocks of Laurel were set afire and two of the townfolk were killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transportation: Rolling Fright | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

...part of the "Dynalens" system is an adjustable prism that is placed in front of the lens. It consists of two circular glass disks, one at each end of a short cylinder formed by a flexible bellows. The inside of the cylinder is filled with a clear liquid, usually alcohol. By tilting one or both of the glass plates, the cylinder can be made wedge-shaped, like a prism. Light beams entering the glass plate at one end of the prism are thus bent and emerge from the other plate at a different angle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Optics: Steadying Images by Bending Light | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

...doused her with water. No, said Twiggy, the outfit is supposed to look that way-sopping wet. At a show in London's Ritz Hotel, fashion's will-o'-the-wisp unveiled the latest shapes from her designing firm: slippery nylon tights that have a "liquid look." But why the bags in the knees and the sags in the ankles? "It's just Twiggy," explained Justin de Villeneuve, her perennial fianc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 31, 1969 | 1/31/1969 | See Source »

...natural shyness is probably responsible for the fact that Mrs. Nixon "hasn't started blooming yet." He envisions her as "ladylike" and "distinguished," an air she could cultivate by dressing in "a more feminine and fluid way." His boldly belled crepe pants suit with gold trim has that liquid look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Redoing Pat | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

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