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Word: miles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...right. That meant he would have had to overlook a reflector arrow pointing the way to the ferry, and longtime residents say that all of the Kennedy brothers knew?or should have known?the area very well. The question arises: Could the Senator have traveled six-tenths of a mile down an unpaved road without knowing that he was on the wrong course? Or was he knowingly heading for the beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mysteries of Chappaquiddick | 8/1/1969 | See Source »

...high stone walls were radar-controlled antiaircraft batteries, mortars and machine guns manned by 70-odd Egyptian troops; at its tip was a radar tower. It had long been a thorn to the Israelis, and late one night 40 or more Israeli naval commandos set off on the two-mile trip to the island. Silently, they scaled the walls, killed the sentries and then, after a brief but vicious firefight that cost at least six Israeli dead, blew up all the artillery and fire-control installations within the fortress. Shortly after they withdrew, Egyptians on the far shore opened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: MIDDLE EAST: MOUNTING VIOLENCE | 8/1/1969 | See Source »

...drinking water from the muddy lower Missouri because the Mississippi is far filthier. Scores of U.S. rivers are severely polluted-the swift Chattahoochee, majestic Hudson and quiet Milwaukee, plus the Buffalo, Merrimack, Monongahela, Niagara, Delaware, Rouge, Escambia and Havasupi. Among the worst of them all is the 80-mile-long Cuyahoga, which splits Cleveland as it reaches the shores of Lake Erie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Cities: The Price of Optimism | 8/1/1969 | See Source »

...Monte Carlo only after a faulty drive shaft forced him to drop out one-third of the way through the race; at that point he held an extravagant 30-sec. lead. Two weeks ago, he won his fifth victory in five finishes in Great Britain's rugged 246-mile Grand Prix at Silverstone. That race gave Stewart a total of 45 world-championship points. His nearest rival, New Zealander Bruce McLaren, has only 17. With a full five Grand Prix races yet to run, the flippant, flamboyant Scot has virtually sewn up racing's most coveted prize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto Racing: Ruler of the Road | 8/1/1969 | See Source »

TENTH--SAVANALAMAR gets one more chance to carry his speed over a mile...

Author: By The Scientist, | Title: They're Off at the Rock | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

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