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Word: restrainer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lady should have to compete with a bullhorn, even if she has the vocal equipment to drown out a dozen of them. Policemen in a Tampa, Fla. concert hall were trying hard to restrain a surging, frenzied audience reacting typically to Janis Joplin's Try a Little Harder. The cops resorted to a bullhorn, and that annoyed Janis. "Listen," she shouted, "I know there won't be any trouble if you'll just leave!" The officers refused and sounded the horn again. That did it. Janis, as a fan reported, "simply went nuts," blistering the air with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 28, 1969 | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

...SALT, then, the initiative goes to the Soviets by default. Their own military and technocracy may restrain efforts at statesmanship, but these efforts must be forthcoming in order to moderate the nuclear competition...

Author: By Thomas Geochegan, | Title: Armanents An Ounce of SALT | 11/18/1969 | See Source »

Middlesex Superior Court Judge Thomas J. Spring late yesterday granted a request by Tufts University to restrain further obstructive demonstrations at the construction site of a new dormitory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tufts Students Occupy New Construction Site | 11/6/1969 | See Source »

Credit controls, which were last imposed on the U.S. during the Korean War, might work more selectively to restrain lending, and in turn, demand for some kinds of goods. But neither Congress nor the Administration favors such an approach. The Administration is also adamant in rejecting a return to wage-price "guideposts" or "jawbone" jousting with business and labor over excessive price or wage boosts. The old guideposts permitted annual wage increases of 3.2%, an amount equal to average gains in productivity over a long period. Now productivity is falling, and workers can hardly be expected to take wage cuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: INFLATION: WHAT MORE CAN NIXON DO? | 10/10/1969 | See Source »

...week on a Philadelphia street. After quarreling with Frazier on a local TV talk show, ALI (who lost his title after refusing induction into the military) lay in wait outside the studio. When Frazier emerged, Ali hit him in the shoulder with a long, looping right. Before followers could restrain both fighters, Ali threw another punch that fell short. "If Clay gets a license to fight, we'll fight him," Frazier's manager said afterward. "Until then, we're willing to use him as a sparring partner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 3, 1969 | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

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