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Word: sofas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...emotional aridity has left her sexually parched. "Oh, I was thirsty," she says, as she drains a glass of water in some seductive byplay with Brother Lenny. Soon Lenny is brushing her face with kisses. "She's wide open," observes Brother Joey, taking over the love play on sofa and floor. All this happens in front of Teddy, who inexplicably makes no gesture of protest. He still maintains his deadpan cool when his father and brothers propose that Ruth stay on and earn her keep by working for them as a part-time whore. She agrees, her husband leaves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Land of No Holds Barred | 1/13/1967 | See Source »

...need comfortable shoes," advises outdoorsy Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. Hostess Gwen Cafritz purrs modestly: "With my little dinners I like to feel I am helping to save Western civilization." And Teddy Roosevelt's daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, had her motto for a lively party embroidered on a sofa pillow: "If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 9, 1966 | 12/9/1966 | See Source »

...vitamins," and her eyes welled with tears at the thought of how sorry they would be and how sad it all was. Then she pinned the note carefully to her black cocktail dress, took a handful of pills, turned on all the lights, and composed herself on the sofa. As the darkness swept over her, she was thinking: "What if he has to work late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: ON SUICIDE | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

...effect, there was no one for her to sue. Italy is one of the 67 countries in which U.S. servicemen are governed by a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Typically, U.S. officials retain jurisdiction over all persons subject to military law whenever their offenses are committed while performing their duty or against another American stationed in that country. The host country has jurisdiction over all other cases, but usually waives it even for serious offenses. Although SOFA provides U.S. tort liability when servicemen are on duty abroad, the .U.S. sailor who hit Mrs. Shapiro was off duty; although she could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liability: No One to Sue | 10/7/1966 | See Source »

...deck, he encountered Receptionist Edna Townsley, 47, a spirited divorcee and mother of two young sons. Whitman bashed her head in, probably with a rifle butt, with such force that part of her skull was torn away, also shot her in the head. Then he left her behind a sofa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Madman in the Tower | 8/12/1966 | See Source »

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