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Word: perring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...quite funny, too. In one chapter, he even writes about this alligator who eats porkchops. I thought that was really amusing. The next book is called Trout Fishing in America. Isn't that a funny title for a book, especially since he even doesn'T write about trout fishing per se. signed, Stevie W. Stahler...

Author: By Steven W. Stahler, | Title: An Attempt to Clarify What Exactly It Is That Richard Brautigan Says About Trout | 12/17/1968 | See Source »

...whole, said Eisenstadt, the standard of living of the Israeli Arabs has risen, and "is probably the highest in the Arab world in per capita income." But "it is hard for them to adjust to the egalitarian society--or the approximation to it--in Israel," he said, and he tells a story he heard after the war to illustrate: "Many Arab notables from the occupied territory visited Jerusalem after the war. The Mayor of Jerusalem showed a visiting notable around the city, and when they returned to the car there was a ticket on it. The Arab asked about...

Author: By Diana L. Ordin, | Title: Israel After the War: A Sociologist Views His Country | 12/17/1968 | See Source »

...several states, including New Hampshire, Michigan, Iowa, and California, the "humanist" liberals already control either a substantial minority (more than 40 per cent) or a majority of the state Democratic parites. This power is partially a result of the McCarthy movement...

Author: By Robert M.krim, | Title: The Democrats: Who's Asleep in the Doghouse Now? | 12/16/1968 | See Source »

...Branch at Beltsville, Md. If the effect could be produced only when the sheep's wool was long, he reasoned, the fibers could easily be pulled, instead of sheared from the animal. And the un skilled farm labor needed for the simplified job would earn only about $2.50 per hour, sharply reducing costs to the wool industry. Taking up the project at Terrill's suggestion, Agriculture Biologist Ethel Dolnick and Physiologist Ivan Lindahl began feeding varying amounts of a nitrogen-mustard anti-tumor drug to experimental sheep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biology: How to Peel a Sheep | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

Some economists still tend to be cautious about capital spending for next year. But businessmen make the decisions, and they are reacting to expanding order books and rising wages, which since March 1966 have gone up 12% to an average $2.92 per hour in the past two years. As a result, managers are increasing their investment in more efficient and possibly labor-saving plants and machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: Signs of Expansion | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

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