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Word: squeaks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then came "Radar Sentry," a device designed to give early warning of radar traps. Resembling a miniature radio, Radar Sentry costs $40, is attached to sun visor or dashboard, and warns of an impending checkpoint by giving out a cheery burble that turns into an insistent squeak once the radar zone has been entered. At high speeds Radar Sentry is almost useless; there just isn't time to slow down before police radar has tracked the car's telltale blip. But at speeds in the lower 60s, the gadget is a fairly faithful watch-bird within...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gadgets: Burble & Squeak | 1/19/1962 | See Source »

...does that pip-squeak think he is?" raged Oregon's Democratic Senator Wayne Morse about John F. Kennedy to friends on the Senate floor. What angered Morse was that Kennedy had failed to reverse a recent order by the Eisenhower Administration that shifted a regional office of the Post Office Department from Portland to rival Seattle without first consulting him. "Kennedy is not going to get my support until I get some satisfaction," said Morse. Soon after. Morse postponed Education and Labor Committee hearings on a Kennedy-backed education bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Capital Notes: may 5, 1961 | 5/5/1961 | See Source »

...Depressed Area bill is in for "rough sledding," but Pearson thinks "it will squeak through." He said the bill would probably be badly crippled by a rider demanding appropriations for projects be reviewed every year...

Author: By Joseh M. Russin, | Title: Says Defense Facts Hushed, Predicts Defeat of School Aid Bill | 3/22/1961 | See Source »

Phil Meyer will be facing the Crimson's Peter Smith at number one. Meyer, a 5 ft., 7 in. junior, was good enough to squeak by Lake in last year's match, but has yet to achieve a notable victory this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Squad Alters Line-Up for Contest With Weak Dartmouth | 1/13/1961 | See Source »

...R.P.I. Field House Dec. 26-28, the Crimson ran into the host team in the opening round and let the Engineers squeak by with a 5-3 triumph and go on to win the tourney with a 3-0 record. The varsity and New Brunswick finished with a win, a tie, and a loss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jorgenson's Goal Stops B.C., 2-1; Sextet Bows in R.P.I. Tournament | 1/5/1961 | See Source »

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