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Word: moaned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ever before, were an inspiration we have needed and must not now let slip. In tormented 1968, symbols of pride and constructive achievement were singularly lacking in our national life, but to end on such an upswing might be just what we need to urge us to work harder, moan less, and move into 1969 with a new resolve to overcome our earthbound problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 17, 1969 | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

Skirted Subjects. In truth, that is what she has been playing all along. Though she is a superb comedienne and a subtle actress, Reid is called upon to moo and moan around the set with scarcely a shred of alleviating humanity. York's innate beauty and growing skills are dissipated in a role that calls for little more than wide eyes and elliptical chatter. What is most wrong with The Killing of Sister George is its essential conception. Director Robert Aldrich has regrettably decided to make this adaptation of Frank Marcus' play into pure Hollywood Gothica...

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

...tube, can you believe, singing in a torrent of sweat in a black leather suit--no, wait, it's a high-roll collar dealie, and can you dig his pants? Heartbreak Hotel? Raunchy as ever? Hound Dog? It's too good to be true! That quiver that makes girls moan from their stomachs made me shriek at the top of my lungs: "Elvis, Elvis, you son of a bitch, you are the KING...

Author: By John Leone, | Title: The King Revealed | 12/5/1968 | See Source »

...Russians, who proved unaccountably weak, but from three African nations-Kenya, Ethiopia and Tunisia-which among them won every running event from the 1,500 meters to the traditional 26-mile 385-yd. Greek marathon. Kansas' Jim Ryun, the 1,500-meter world record holder, could only moan, "My God, how it hurts," after losing to Kipchoge Keino, who ran it in 3 min. 34.9 sec.-second fastest time ever recorded for the metric mile. The thin air may have been a boon to Oregon's Dick Fosbury, whose unorthodox, over-the-bar-backwards, high-jumping style propelled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Parade to the Pedestal | 11/1/1968 | See Source »

perplexed whether to shout or moan...

Author: By John Plotz, | Title: Secrets Hidden In Rhyme | 10/23/1968 | See Source »

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