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Word: slide (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Curtiss declared: "Oh boy, I'd like to see to it that every child came to school decently clothed, especially with warm clothes" (part of the federal allotment can, in fact, be spent on clothing). Other instructors want to use their money for such aids as film strips, slide projectors, tape recorders, closed-circuit TV and copying machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Federal Aid: The Head of the Class | 10/15/1965 | See Source »

...scarcely changed. The higher-price lines have also added bigness and luxury without substantial restyling. Mercury has grown two inches to 18.3 feet. Buick's Riviera shucks its triangular front-vent windows in favor of a single pane, also has out-of-sight headlights that slide behind the grille when not turned on. Chrysler's front fenders have a square look, and its grille, borrowing from Pontiac, is split...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Length, Luxury, Power | 10/1/1965 | See Source »

...dozen men drank beer and munched sandwiches. Some 50 others were still in the barracks, resting up for the night shift. Suddenly there was a dull groan from the sky. Glancing up, Roosma saw a long chunk of the curling lip of the glacier break off and begin to slide down the cliff, slowly at first and then in a quickening whirl of ice and rock and snow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Switzerland: The Unpredictable Ice | 9/10/1965 | See Source »

...later reported, "the mountain came down toward us. I ran, but not for long. A giant wind blew me down. I kept crawling on my hands and knees. I was engulfed by ice; it covered me to my chin. I was caught by the very tip of the slide. I could hardly breathe, but I yelled. Some Italians came and pulled me out. The others ran in different directions. They were never seen again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Switzerland: The Unpredictable Ice | 9/10/1965 | See Source »

...Fudge. Heavy rain fell all night before the race, and by post time the clay track was the consistency of soft fudge. Unlike flat-racing thoroughbreds, who plant their hoofs, then pick them straight up-and often revel in the softer footing of an "off" track-trotters slide their hoofs slightly forward each time they take a stride; they tend to slip and get mired in the mud. That is exactly what happened to Noble Victory: twice in the three-heat race, he broke stride; in the third heat, the best he could do was third. "He seemed like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harness Racing: Mud in Stanley's Eye | 9/10/1965 | See Source »

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