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Word: roping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...want the world to know we stand foursquare behind our Secretary of State in this matter. But there are no easy solutions, and therefore we do not think Sen. Wallace Bennett's advice to 'send an armored division roaring into Saigon, throw a tow rope around Ambassador Bunker and Mrs. Percy, and haul them out of there' is particularly helpful...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Onward | 2/26/1968 | See Source »

...Union also has the largest oceanographic fleet, whose 200 ships plumb the earth's waters for militarily valuable data on depths, currents, bottom topography and other information of interest to its ships and submarines. Says Admiral John McCain Jr., commander in chief of U.S. naval forces in Eu rope: "The Russian program to develop its seapower is more advanced and fully developed today than most people realize. It encompasses the full spectrum of the uses of the sea?in its military, economic, political and commercial connotations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Power Play on the Oceans | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

This gruesome image has been framed in the consciousness of a great many flabby, middle-aged Americans. And how have they reacted? They are skipping rope in a gym class, jogging around the reservoir, pedaling a pinioned and wheelless bicycle, flailing arms before the bedroom mirror, doing push-ups on the office floor-in a tenth-hour campaign to redeem years of reprehensible physical neglect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: DON'T JUST SIT THERE; WALK, JOG, RUN | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

...what you're doing if you're six pounds overweight." The best way to shed the suet? Out trots LaLanne's white German shepherd carrying the answer on a sign: IT'S GLAMOUR STRETCHER TIME! That cues a pitch for LaLanne's elastic exercise rope ($4), one of the 30 health and beauty products that he peddles. As testimony to the benefits of such items as Jack LaLanne's Toasted Soya Snack Crackers and Jack LaLanne's One-Plus-One Vitamin and Mineral Formula, he introduces his wife Elaine. "When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Programming: One & Kick & Two, And Stick Out Your Tongue | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

...many a newspaper in financial straits the "Albuquerque Plan" has borne the same relationship as a rope to a drowning man. Back in 1933, two papers in Albuquerque decided to cut their losses by sharing printing, advertising and distribution systems. Editorially they stayed separate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Forced Divorce in Tucson | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

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