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Word: roof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...House groups have begun preparing their spring productions: Quincy, which intends to stage Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; and Winthrop, which will kick up a Can-Can. Drumbeats and Song is also in the musical field, with Pajama Game about to go into rehearsal...

Author: By Frederick H. Gardner, | Title: Dramatic Groups Plan Seven Shows In Spring Term | 12/8/1961 | See Source »

...subject to a year's imprisonment for adultery if she so much as kisses a man other than her spouse; a wandering husband, on the other hand, is free to keep a mistress if he does so discreetly-which, in Italian legal parlance, means not under the same roof as his wife. Last week, to the dismay of militant Italian feminists, 15 judges in Italy's highest court ruled for the double standard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: Viva la Differenza | 12/8/1961 | See Source »

From Squaw Valley to Sugarloaf Mountain, the ski areas of the U.S. are studded with what look like oversized turkey coops. They are A-frame huts, which have become so popular as weekend ski lodges that manufacturers can scarcely keep up with the demand. All roof from the ground up, the A-frame's blizzardproof construction and snow-shedding silhouette make it ideal for ski country. Prefabricated A-frames can cost as little as $900 for a basic, small shell; another $900 equips them with heat and plumbing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leisure: A for Adaptable | 12/8/1961 | See Source »

...Nothing could be further from the truth. His Scott 310-D tuner (one of the most sensitive FM sets ever made) in conjunction with Scott's multiplex adapter, provides the household with music most of every day and particularly on occasions such as parties, dinners, etc. On the Humphrey roof it an eight-element yagi antenna, mute testimony to his interest in long distance FM reception...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Symphony at Home | 11/29/1961 | See Source »

...cannot praise too highly the performance turned in by the boys in Vigo's cast. When they stood stop the school's roof in the final moment, I had no doubt that they had won a lasting victory. The impossible had become true; a daydream was reality. It's so convincing, in fact, that the French Ministry of Education suppressed it for fifteen years, fearing that it would cause discipline in the schools to slacken. At a press conference, the film caused a riot...

Author: By Raymond A. Sokolov jr., | Title: Zero for Conduct | 11/27/1961 | See Source »

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