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Word: mixes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...appealed to the company's early champion, Winston Churchill. As First Lord of the Admiralty in 1914, Churchill got the government to bankroll B.P.'s tottering predecessor, the pioneering Anglo-Persian Oil Co., thus ensuring fuel for the Royal Navy through two world wars. An equally happy mix of politics and oil has been overdue for Drake, who will formally take over from ailing Chairman Sir Maurice Bridgeman in January. Last year's closing of the Suez Canal forced shipping costs up; then came the Biafran civil war, which has stopped B.P.'s Nigerian production. Such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: A Very Good Bash Indeed | 11/29/1968 | See Source »

Penn's Jeff Rosenglick capitalized on a mix-up between Harvard goalie Richie Locksley and halfback Bezo Cutler to score the first goal. Racing down the sideline, he beat both of them to the ball and lofted a weird kick over Locksley's head into an empty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Setback by Penn Knocks Booters To Fourth Place | 11/7/1968 | See Source »

...third period a mix-up in signals between Bezo Cutler and goalie Richie Locksley gave Penn a bizarre goal, its first of two third period scores...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Penn Ruins Soccer Team's No-Loss Record, 2-0; Harvard Drops to 4th Place in League Standings | 11/4/1968 | See Source »

Harrison's defensive plans are just as aggressive. His team will run into such basketball Goliaths as Ohio State and University of San Francisco this year, and Harrison hopes to give the Crimson a little better chance by using a mix of full-court and half-court presses. In regular Ivy competition, the presses may surprise teams like Columbia and Princeton...

Author: By Stephen J. Bollinger, | Title: After 14 Dismal Seasons... | 10/24/1968 | See Source »

...campaign day seemed to fit the expected loathsome pattern. Nixon had cancelled plans for a public rally on the Common; instead of bothering with the hecklers, he would give a pep talk to campaign workers inside the snug Somerset hotel, and then answer questions from a careful ethnic mix of six New England citizens...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Trying to Hate Dick | 10/21/1968 | See Source »

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