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Word: sheeting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...expect crosses to be burned in the hinterland, but the preachers will be talking and so will their congregations." Humphrey's backers have already made a less-than-subtle move with a campaign song, I'm Gonna Vote for Hubert Humphrey, which, the instruction sheet notes, is sung to the tune of the spiritual, Give Me That Old Time Religion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Tough Testing Ground | 3/28/1960 | See Source »

...love Alice Marie," pleaded Richard Combs, 25, a husky sheet-metal worker of Old Bridge, N.J. But the plea was not enough for New Jersey's Board of Child Welfare. Last week, in the state's second highest court, the board moved to deny Gloria and Dick Combs's dearest desire-to adopt their foster child, a gay, elfin four-year-old. The board's reason: Alice Marie, according to social workers, is too bright to remain in the Combses' "television-centered" household...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Who's a Good Parent? | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

...traditional gifts-a papier-máché dog with amulet to ward off diseases, a wooden doll to symbolize the coming of a "heavenly child," a seven-inch "sword of protection" wrapped in red brocade. At the Naming Ceremony, a chamberlain presented the Emperor with a specially woven sheet of paper containing the three possible names submitted by the grand chamberlain (final choice: Naruhito Hironomiya). It was almost as if nothing had changed since Akihito himself was born 27 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: The Cautious Banzai | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

...correct answer. Be careful: note that in many cases all but one of the four alternatives are true, which makes the false alternative the correct answer to the question. Any number can play if those taking the test merely write the letters representing their answers on a sheet of paper and make no marks on these pages. The correct answers are printed on page 118-but don't peek! Anyone who can get 100% is really well informed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

...running on rails sets the empty booster casing upright in a square hole. Then an odd-looking little building mounted on rails moves over each casing and carefully pours it full of paste-thick fuel. When the building rolls to the next hole, the filled casing is covered with sheet metal and heated by pipes set in the hole's walls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Home of Minuteman | 1/25/1960 | See Source »

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