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Word: stampedes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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"Bludgeoned to death," the Chief was saying. "Brutally mauled and horribly mutilated . . . No means of identification . . fingerprints removed simply by cutting off the tips of the fingers . . . only shred of evidence was a circle with a Roman numeral seven stamped on the sole of the right foot."

Author: By C. Lewiss, | Title: Biff Bundie: The Bronze Rhinoceros | 4/30/1965 | See Source »

> Bold Lad: a three-length victory in the Mowlee Purse; at Aqueduct. Fully recovered from the painful "splints" (tumorlike growths) on his forelegs that had kept him out of action since last October, Wheatley Stable's six-time stakes winner sped six furlongs in 1 min., 10 2/5 sec...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scoreboard: Who Won Apr. 9, 1965 | 4/9/1965 | See Source »

Dorfman takes infinite pains to achieve exact historical accuracy, down to the last human hair inserted in the back of a plastic hand. He studied 18th century treatments for smallpox at the Army Medical Museum to get the pockmarks on George Washington's face just right. Henry Ford'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spectacles: Plastic | 3/12/1965 | See Source »

Well trained in both conventional and guerrilla warfare, the Chinese foot soldier is amply armed with Chinese-made automatic weapons-usually a stamped copy of the Russian World War II vent-barreled burp gun. He is supported by light and medium mortars, bazooka-style rocket launchers, recoilless rifles, and artillery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia: A Test for Tigers | 2/26/1965 | See Source »

Not Known. As one result of the Italian practice of "stable concubinage," the registration papers of at least a million Italian children were marked with an "N.N." (for Nemini Notus, meaning roughly "Not known to anyone") that stamped the children for life. Finally a law was passed in 1955 erasing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Domestic Relations: Concubinage--Italian Style | 2/19/1965 | See Source »

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