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Word: sayed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...much better choice with very little effort. I don't like it." But, countered one of his colleagues, Schlesinger is a noted historian and Pulitzer prizewinner aside from having been a special assistant to the late President Kennedy. So he's popular. So what. "Some people even say he's made a lot of money," snapped Payne. "So did Dillinger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 28, 1969 | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...much time he has left to complete his creative projects. His jailers not only refuse to tell him, they make work impossible by badgering him with camaraderie and kindness-dropping in for chats, cleaning out his cell, entertaining him with inane games and tricks. Nothing these caricatures have to say is particularly trenchant or arresting. But the way they say it is an elegant example of inventive staging, costuming and ensemble playing under the direction of Gerald Freedman, which all but makes up for the script...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off Broadway: The Execution Cure | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...Bruner's work with babies grew out of earlier studies with children between the ages of three and twelve. He was impressed by the competence of three-year-olds, decided to look at the earliest stages of intelligent being-"what was the nature of infancy, what could we say about how infancy prepares a child for this life and culture?" His experiments seem to challenge the prevailing psychological theories that say, in effect, that the baby climbs toward intellectual maturity from a very humble level, along a series of predetermined steps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Children: The Intelligent Infant | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...sours." People who show competence are promoted whether or not they are qualified to perform competently at the next level. Eventually they go beyond their limits, become incompetent, and stop getting promoted. Macbeth, a success as a military commander, rose to become an incompetent king. Which is to say, "nothing fails like success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Organizations: A Glossary of Incompetence | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

Hello World. "I still don't think that Anthony Newley is a household name," Newley complains offscreen. "It's a bit of a bummer, as they say...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: l-Piece | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

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