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Word: short (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only that, my legs are short (as is the rest of me), my eyes are clear only on smogless days and my skin is dormant, not exuberant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 21, 1969 | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

...short run, Nixon's politics of polarization are paying off. What will happen in the longer haul is more problematical, both at home and vis-a-vis Hanoi. He argues that dissent weakens the U.S. bargaining position. But not only is he stimulating dissent among many moderates and on the left by his new belligerence, he also risks stirring up the hard-line right to renewed cries of "Not peace-victory!" He may exacerbate the tensions of a nation distraught and confused as it has not been since the Depression. That danger augurs ill for both his presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE POLITICS OF POLARIZATION | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

...short time later, the command ship Yankee Clipper separated faultlessly from the S-4B, turned to dock with the lunar module Intrepid and extract it from the rocket's nose. Locked together, the two craft proceeded on a long coast to the moon. Before they bedded down for their first night in space, Conrad and Bean made an unscheduled inspection of Intrepid while Astronaut Gordon remained at the controls of the command module. To their relief, the LM's electronic gear had also withstood the sudden pulse of current. By now the astronauts were in such high spirits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moon: Toward the Ocean of Storms | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

...chief supporter, Home Minister Y. B. Chavan, put the entire blame on the Syndicate for splitting the party, and Food Minister Jagjivan Ram exhorted Indira's supporters to keep up their attendance at the Parliament. Though the party split leaves Indira some 40 seats short of a majority in the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament), she intends to try to remain in power. For the time being, at least, she seems assured of sufficient support. She commands the backing of the 25 members of the Dravidian Advancement Party, a regional grouping that seeks south Indian independence. She also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Two Parties Face to Face | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

Recently, the exiles concluded an uneasy alliance to take advantage of a new factor: some 226,000 Yugoslav "guest workers" who are admitted to labor-short West Germany for two-or three-year stints. Over glasses of slivovitz in grimy bars, during friendly talk in homes, and in full-fledged secret political gatherings, Yugoslav exiles try to spread discontent among their visiting countrymen. Their hope, of course, is that the workers will form an anti-Tito underground when they return home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Balkan Vendetta | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

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