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Word: sistent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cook advanced all these excuses, and more. Johnson was at his most per sistent, but even his famed persuasiveness was not enough. Last week came word that Cook had finally handed him a flat refusal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: Turndown | 3/19/1965 | See Source »

...course, Bowser may never get within smelling range of his fancy dinner, but diners-out have grown so in sistent on taking home the leftovers on their plates that restaurant supply houses now sell millions of special greaseproof containers for this purpose each year. "The demand is growing so great," says a flack for elegant Ernie's in San Francisco, "that we are now in the process of having a foil-lined box designed for us that will carry the restaurant's crest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food & Drink: In the Bag | 9/4/1964 | See Source »

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