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Word: staines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have no right, as Americans, to stain the traditions and history of the Arabs, who even before the birth of our homeland were the masters of enlightenment. They have done us no wrong. Why should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 25, 1967 | 8/25/1967 | See Source »

...rioters, and the overwhelming majorty of black Americans who refused and will always refuse to join them, are mad. They have good reason. Their anger is a moral stain on our society. This stain must be removed if it is not to eat away at our core...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ghetto Blot: Riot Potential | 8/1/1967 | See Source »

Precise Estimates. Even after the visible debris of war has been cleaned up, the stain left on Arab pride by the furious events of last week may well remain for years. "Our estimates of the enemy's strength were precise," said Nasser in his postmortem. "They showed us that our armed forces had reached a level of equipment and training at which they were capable of deterring and repelling the enemy." The failure to do just that may sooner or later bring down Arab rulers all over the Middle East, and it will make the Arab dream of unity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Arabs: In Disaster's Wake | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

...encouraged to draw their own conceptions of what they learn, such as Mary Magdalen's joy on Easter when she finds Jesus living, or what the Crucifixion was like. Instructors are warned that "fear is a bad educator"; thus sin should be presented not as "a 'stain' or spot" on the soul but as the act of a person who says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roman Catholics: From Rote to Reality | 2/17/1967 | See Source »

Matters were made worse by a series of incidents and fights that led to the expulsions of Ben Smith, Bob Carr, Tag Demment, and three Terriers. The event received extensive and not necessarily complimentary coverage in the Boston press and to this day remains a stain that the Harvard players would like very much to remove...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Harvard Stickmen Seek Revenge In Beanpot Showdown with B.U. | 2/7/1967 | See Source »

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