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Word: peeks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that viewers wondered if they shouldn't start building an ark in the backyard. Then came the era of fair-weather girls. Preoccupied with their own frontal systems, they postured before the weather maps in the latest gowns and spun out sultry spiels. NBCs Tedi Thurman used to peek from behind a shower curtain to coo: "The Temperature in New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Fair-Weather Friends | 4/12/1968 | See Source »

...None of the cells has a toilet. Every cell has a solid wood door, with a small peek-hole, and an uncovered bucket for toilet purposes. In the morning the men bring their buckets to a central depository. . . . There is not a thermostat in the entire 87-year-old institution. When it is too hot, the windows are opened. When it is too cold, there is no relief...

Author: By Steven A. Cole, | Title: Psychiatry and Law: The Cost to Society | 3/27/1968 | See Source »

...covered in red felt is for ladies), barber chairs and church pews for the onlookers and oldtime coin machines to play while waiting. The men's-room graffiti are considered so choice that occasionally the waiters cordon the room off, let the girls dash in for a quick peek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Night Life: The Factory | 3/15/1968 | See Source »

Touring Western Europe this month for a peek at pre-Christmas toy sales, Christiansen pronounced himself "sat isfied" - as well he might have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Denmark: Toys from Jutland | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

...Micro-mini is scientifically acceptable according to the International Committee on Weights and Measures but micro-micro since 1963 has been replaced by pica (pronounced peek-o). GEORGE COATS Physicist U.S. Public Health Service Winchester, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 8, 1967 | 12/8/1967 | See Source »

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