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Word: overwhelmingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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(2 of 11) The S.A.O. has turned this war into a three-way madness; most of the S.A.O.'s terror is directed against the Moslems, but they are also ready to strike at those Europeans who oppose Salan. The overwhelming majority goes along with him?either out of conviction or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Algeria: The Not So Secret Army | 1/26/1962 | See Source »

The Treatment. Whether with his family, at a casual dinner with friends, or working among his trusted aides, Kennedy has one overwhelming interest that shapes all his actions: politics. By instinct and training, he is a political creature who works 25 hours a day at politics.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: John F. Kennedy, A Way with the People | 1/5/1962 | See Source »

"An Eye on Elections." Despite the overwhelming popularity in India of Nehru's Goan "conquest," and for all the economic benefits that it will reap from the former Portuguese colony, a few rumbles of discontent arose last week over India's resort to force. They came from a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Morning After | 1/5/1962 | See Source »

Waggonner, a former White Citizens' Council leader from the town of Plain Dealing (pop. 1,357), started the campaign as an overwhelming favorite. But Oilman Lyons closed the gap by identifying Waggonner with the national Democratic Party. Cried Lyons: "The national Democratic Party is 80% socialist and 1.000% anti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Louisiana: Small Comfort | 12/29/1961 | See Source »

"I cannot doubt," said William Ewart Gladstone in 1845, "that a decimal system of coinage would be of universal advantage in monetary transactions." Nonetheless, Gladstone warned against "any decisive step" until "the subject has been thoroughly sifted and is well understood by the public." Last week Chancellor Selwyn Lloyd announced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Changing the Change | 12/29/1961 | See Source »

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