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Word: overwhelmingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite Harvard's overwhelming win, three races were exciting. In the 200-yard butterfly, Columbia's Bruce Gastel trailed the Crimson's Kirk Dolby through the first 170 yards, but pulled even near the finish, barely touching out Dolby to win. Both turned in a time of 2:21.8.

Author: By Ben Beach, | Title: Swimming Team Defeats Columbia With Ease, 69-31 | 1/13/1969 | See Source »

Next day Nixon helicoptered from his hotel to the clinic of Dr. John Lungren, a Long Beach internist who has traveled with his campaign party in every national race since 1952, to get his annual physical checkup. He was pronounced in "excellent condition," agreed to use the White House pool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President-Elect: Welcome Home | 1/10/1969 | See Source »

Swiss bankers admit that numbered accounts have been exploited, but they put most of the blame on the 100 or so foreign-owned banks in their country and only a handful of small, Swiss-owned institutions. They insist that, contrary to legend, the biggest banks do not cater to South...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigations: Swiss Numbers Game | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

In his mellower moments, Norris seemed content to let Watson's IBM hold the overwhelming lead: "I want Control Data to be the Ford of the com puter industry." Though few people expect that IBM will be broken up, Control Data's suit may force the giant to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Tackling IBM | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

* Including Sperry Rand (Univac) with 5.8% of the $5.91 million computer market in 1967, Honeywell with 5.4%, General Electric with 4.1%, RCA with 3%, NCR with 2.4% and Burroughs with 1.8%. Control Data was in fifth place with 3.4%, while IBM held an overwhelming lead with 72.9%.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Tackling IBM | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

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