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Word: spitted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...armistice, and the only place where the two sides formally come together-hostility is barely controlled. Red guards and U.S. military policemen shove and elbow each other for the right of way on sidewalks. Communists growl, "Kae seki [son of a bitch]" as they pass, spit at them or step on their toes. Reacting to such petty provocations, one 6-ft., 200-lb. U.S. Navy yeoman strolled up to a North Korean guardhouse and casually leaned against the door while the angry Communist soldiers inside tried in vain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea: A Place of 10 Million Words | 8/2/1963 | See Source »

...plenty of that already. For one thing, Bobby Kennedy, leaving a reception in Manhattan's Metropolitan Club, was gibed at by a young Cuban exile for the U.S. crackdown on hit-and-run raids against Castro. Bobby turned on him, snapping that the exiles' action amounts to "spit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Swap | 5/3/1963 | See Source »

...there are plenty of cadets--harried freshmen among them--who would like to see a tightening of discipline, more, not less, drill, and a continued emphasis on the spit and polish aspect of training. "The Air Force is not all business administration," observed one cadet. "Equally important to the prospective officer is the learning of teamwork, discipline, morale, and the military tradition...

Author: By J. DOUGLAS Van sant, | Title: Should AFROTC Adjust To Harvard? | 4/10/1963 | See Source »

Lovely Rival. King Hassan even produced a rival for Jackie in his lovely young sister, Princess Lalla Nezha, 22, who was greeted with a bouquet of red roses. All the proper protocol was laid on, from a 50-yd. red carpet to a spit and polish honor guard. "We are proud to welcome you. Your Majesty," said the President to the King. "Your country was the first to recognize the U.S. in the most difficult days of our Revolution."* King Hassan responded by saying that he had come to the U.S. "to renew my acquaintance with your people, to meet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Morocco: A Friend in Washington | 4/5/1963 | See Source »

...necktie and bought a sincere $35 hand-painted number on the way to a job interview; the second when Norman, newly hired as an account executive at $35,000 per, amusedly dropped $8 out of his office window; and the third when Norman watched his client. Evan Llewelyn Evans, spit on the boardroom table to illustrate a point in mnemonics. There was nothing much to the rest of The Hucksters, and there didn't need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good Bad & Bad Bad | 3/29/1963 | See Source »

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