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Word: sighting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wallach, Anne Jackson and Alan Arkin take a slapstick and tongue-wagging jaunt on a suspension bridge in Murray Schisgal's spoof of the theater of the absurd. Director Mike Nichols mixes word gags and sight gags with unerring skill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 18, 1964 | 12/18/1964 | See Source »

...curves and warm shades of gold, coral and beige. The unusual dimensions of the auditorium-wider and shorter than most-gave a sense of intimacy seldom felt in a major concert hall; 90% of the seats were within 105 ft. of the stage, and each had clear sight lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The City: Brightness in the Air | 12/18/1964 | See Source »

Egyptians can now afford to eat more than their farmers can produce. Demand for food has been twice as great as expected, and consumption of imported meat has soared 58%. Prices have spiraled, the black market flourishes and queues for food are an everyday sight in Cairo. Last week, faced with the unpleasant fact that a measure of austerity is the inescapable price of a crash development scheme, the government took the drastic step of banning the slaughter and sale of meat three days out of each week. It's back to corn and beans for the Egyptians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egypt: Too Much & Too Little | 12/18/1964 | See Source »

Marianne Evett. Senior resident of Cabot, yesterday attributed the incidents to carelessness in leaving wallets in plain sight. Catherine B. Sweet, senior resident of Eliot, also blamed the thefts on a "Casual attitude" toward security means the "I hope and think this was just and outside job." she remarked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Dorms Plagued By Thievery; Eliot Resident Cites 'Casual Attitude' | 12/17/1964 | See Source »

...only to Mississippi, but to the rest of the United States, they openly flouted these codes, showing their disgust for them. A prime example of this was the shabby appearance of the workers, who appeared in ublic unshaven, unclean, and dressed in a poor manner. This was a common sight during the summer and one which disgusted every Mississippian who saw them. I thought the workers were supposed to create pride in the Mississippi Negroes; but to white Mississippians, they only confirmed the belief that Negroes and their white counterparts in Mississippi are socially unacceptable by white standards...

Author: By John Rover, | Title: The Failure of the Mississippi Project | 12/14/1964 | See Source »

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