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Word: steering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...look up, and you feel shouting. And then you look You kick your feet. You steer chute, and head toward the target, you don't really care about hitting spot. Not on your first jump, anyway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PARACHUTE JUMPING | 4/21/1962 | See Source »

After 307 years of colonial rule, Jamaica, biggest and richest of the British West Indies, goes its independent way Aug. 6. Last week the island's voters chose the government that will steer them through the first days of independence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jamaica: Return of the Chief | 4/20/1962 | See Source »

...When first broached, the idea of a secular Jewish school caused headshaking among Jewry's three basic factions. "For the Orthodox, we weren't Jewish enough," recalls Dean Berger. "For the Reformed, we were too Jewish. Just to get the support of the Conservatives, we had to steer a course between Scyllaberg and Charybditsky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Blossoming Brandeis | 4/13/1962 | See Source »

...those same "ambitious agitators" with whom he swore he would never negotiate; leftists say that he negotiated too slowly and too deviously, hold him responsible for much of the S.A.O. violence in France and Algeria. But whatever the detours, only Charles de Gaulle had the stature to steer France toward a settlement without civil war. Drawing on his surge of popularity after a settlement, De Gaulle will put the terms of the Evian accord to the nation in a national referendum, probably in the spring, then will call for parliamentary elections to strengthen his hand in the National Assembly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: De Gaulle's Next Tasks for France | 3/16/1962 | See Source »

Last week a committee of doctors, ministers and theologians appointed by the United Lutheran Church in America warned the church's 2,500,000 members to steer clear of healing. "Faith healers," the committee wrote in a report that will be submitted to the church's June convention, "are often less concerned with the spiritual and physical well-being of people than with the demonstration of their personal power or the attainment of prestige and financial gain. This is religious quackery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Religious Quackery | 2/9/1962 | See Source »

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