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Word: roomful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Left-handers are not the only ones who must negotiate a world designed for others. Take, for example, tall people-like myself-who find door lintels conveniently at forehead level, hotel beds several inches too short, and theater seats with just enough leg room to push one's knees into one's face. But that's not the worst of it: we also find that almost all the pretty women are too short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 24, 1969 | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

...mead"-honey and hot orange juice-for breakfast, dyes his hair but insists that regular doses of olive oil have kept him from going grey. Labor Secretary-designate George Shultz cooks for guests by plastering steaks with a half-inch coat of salt and throwing them in the living room fireplace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cabinet: The Flavor of the New | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

...people inside. United Housing obviously wanted to produce a city of thousands of inexpensive rooms, which it did very well. Each of the 15,372 apartments has hardwood floors, ample closet space, a large kitchen, central air conditioning. At $450 per room down and $25 per room in monthly maintenance charges, Co-Op City is an unbeatable bargain-at first glance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE LESSONS OF CO-OP CITY | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

...every for in federal foreign dollar policy spent. the This is the Government's most actions difficult - and expenses - are in large measure dependent on the actions of others. The security of the U.S. must obviously take precedence over all other considerations. However, there is room for debate about what is essential to U.S. security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Where do we get the money? | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

...International Conference Center, the old Hotel Majestic on the Avenue Kleber. They assembled around a new 151-foot diameter main table, built the day before and covered with green baize cloth by French carpenters under the supervision of officials from the Quai d'Orsay. It was the same room in which the U.S. and North Viet Nam had begun preliminary talks on a settlement last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: FULL CIRCLE IN PARIS | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

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