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Word: soft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other issues the Church is still not speaking out loudly enough, McCarthy said. The Truth in Packaging Bill passed by Congress in the last session is too soft, he said, and part of the blame...

Author: By Gerald M. Rosberg, | Title: McCarthy Asks Church Political Role | 11/29/1966 | See Source »

...Bulgarians are still effusive each year in their thanks to Russia for freeing them from Turkish bondage 88 years ago. What's more, the Kremlin is pleased to see Bulgaria on a friendly footing with NATO members Turkey and Greece: Sofia is Russia's shield on the "soft underbelly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bulgaria: Big Beat in the Balkans | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

John Doe, 47, a tenement-dwelling Midwesterner in hock to the corner delicatessen, pursues solvency at the horse parlor and the poker table. His purpose is exemplary: he wants to move his seven-year-old son, dying of epilepsy, to a desert climate. A soft-hearted stud dealer pledges the necessary pot but dies before delivering. Doe next touches a baker's doughy widow, to whom he has previously applied for favors of another order; she indignantly draws the line at moneylending. Eventually, Doe's own wife stakes him, unsolicited. And off he flies with Junior, into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Homer in Chicago | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

...plays later, Reynolds rolled right and tossed a soft pass toward Hornblower. Ray turned and took it at the goal, and stepped in, making it 14-13 Yale. The big crowd knew Coach Henry Lamar would go for the two. This was, after all, Yale. Reynolds took the snap, stepped back, and fired a bullet groundward. It didn't look like much of a pass from the sidelines, but Hornblower was there on his back to take it, and Harvard...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: Freshmen Topple Yale in Football, Soccer | 11/19/1966 | See Source »

...sang Dixieland. Having the "sound" is not a matter of quality; it is a matter of timing. Today's sound is a blend of the drive of hard-rock, the should of rhythm and blues, the four-part hard-mony of the Mamas and Papas, and the soft low-key effect of the Lovin Spoonful. The Left Bank is a new group that presents fullest evolution of the new sound. Another aspect of "sound" is whether a group can record a number as well as it can perform it before an audience...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Alexander, | Title: Inside the Rock 'n' Roll Jungle: The Mad Search for the In Sound | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

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