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Word: silents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Republican leaders consulted by Kennedy responded handsomely, promising him their fullest cooperation. But some others seemed less willing to remain silent in the face of setback. Snapped G.O.P. National Chairman Thruston B. Morton: "The time has come for our Government to sing bass in world affairs and not take refuge in shrill Byzantine ambiguities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Painful Reappraisals | 5/5/1961 | See Source »

...Time. On cue from the U.S., pro-Western Premier Boun Oum of Laos eagerly accepted the ceasefire, and even set a day and time for the guns to fall silent. The rampaging Communist-led Pathet Lao agreed to the ceasefire, too, but meanwhile its troops keep right on fighting and advancing. At Vang Vieng, a military headquarters 65 miles north of the capital city of Vientiane, some 400 Pathet Lap launched a dawn attack and chased twice as many government troops 40 miles down the road toward the capital. Among the casualties: three members of a U.S. military mission intended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laos: Collapse | 5/5/1961 | See Source »

...ravages of a Lost Weekend in Eliot House, as seven bleary-eyed dissipates scratch their navels, belch, and squint unbelievingly as an elegant figure, clutching a Neville Chamberlain umbrella, hoists himself through an upper-story window into their midst. And so begins "Three Giant Steps," a 21-minute silent comic film which opens tomorrow night in the Eliot House dining hall...

Author: By Mark L. Krupnick, | Title: Eliotic Cinemantics | 4/29/1961 | See Source »

...kick-off time for previous demonstrations, the Yard was deathly silent. Police guarded every exit and Dean Monro paced around Widener, watching for possible instigators...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Rumored Riot Fizzles; Peace Reigns in Yard | 4/29/1961 | See Source »

Days of Thrills and Laughter. Silent comedy, including Charlie Chase, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Apr. 28, 1961 | 4/28/1961 | See Source »

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