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Word: papering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sick and tired of having that little kid who couldn't think his way put of a paper bag held up as a leader. President Nixon is now busy cleaning up the war left by the Democrats, as President Eisenhower, early in his first term, was busy cleaning up a war left by the Democrats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 31, 1969 | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...were not allowed to see the lists long enough to record all the names on them. In the Lisbon election district, Scares' group managed to send ballots to only half of the 350,000 voters-thus guaranteeing defeat. What is more, opposition ballots were printed on nearly transparent paper that was clearly different from the heavier-stock used by the National Union, thus making the "secret ballot" a mockery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portugal: Shades of Salazar | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

Gambling is continuous on all fronts. Last night in the back room, Weenie Beanie was finishing up a two-day head-to-head gin rummy battle with an unknown card player from the west. Sadly pushing threc hundred-dollar bills into his opponent's pile of green paper, he was heard to remark, "I'm stuck so bad now, I can't stop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hustlers Come to Johnson City | 10/30/1969 | See Source »

...rumbling opposition to the University's plans. This time, however, the debate over Shady Hill has taken on larger overtones, raising questions about what Harvard should do to aid a City now struggling with severe housing shortages, and illustrating some very real difficulties involved in transferring housing plans from paper to bricks and mortar...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: 15 Years Later, They're Still Fighting Over What to Build on Shady Hill | 10/29/1969 | See Source »

...world. And you don't have any idea where it's at. Revolution is not merely killing a giant animal so that it starts dying from its limbs, but killing it so that the other animals can build a sort of egalitarian world for themselves. You are like Kodak paper, seeing and receiving only the black and white. It's not that simple...

Author: By Richard E. Hyland, | Title: The Mail AN OPPRESSIVE TERRORISM . . . | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

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