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Word: spotting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...standards eroded by the endless stream of "little murders" (snipings in the street, air pollution, obscene phone calls, power failures) that make up that existence that passes for life in the sixties. The father, Carol Newquist (played by Vincent Gardenia), asserts his masculinity by claiming to be able to spot fags "a mile away"--yet is paranoid about his first name and fails to notice that his own son is a raving queer. His daughter, Patsy (Carole Shelly), has ten people working under her; she is so successful that she cannot find any man who can dominate...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Little Murders and 1776 | 4/8/1969 | See Source »

Captain Bruce LoPucki played in the number one spot and beat his opponent handily, 5 and 3. He played the wet course even...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golf Team Ends Southern Tour With a 5-2 Defeat at Annapolis | 4/7/1969 | See Source »

...Tibbetts, playing in the number 4 spot, was the other Harvard winner, beating his opponent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golf Team Ends Southern Tour With a 5-2 Defeat at Annapolis | 4/7/1969 | See Source »

Imrie's feat was even more impressive in that he was wrestling in the heavy-weight class instead of in his usual 191-pound spot. Imrie weighed in at the last moment 1/4-pound overweight because he did not have time to visit the nearest bathroom...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Imrie Is Eighth In NCAA Meet | 4/7/1969 | See Source »

Cynically viewed, Pastore's impassioned appeal may produce what one observer described as just another "Washington minuet"-a delicate ritual in which broadcasters go through elaborate motions but end up pretty much in the same spot where they began. Two networks, ABC and NBC, at first seemed receptive to a new authority, then hastily sidestepped, insisting that they-and not any Code Authority-must have final say on whether or not to air programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Regulation: Minuet over Censorship | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

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