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Word: stops (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with total disregard for the political implications," a South Vietnamese general said last month. "The next step was shelling government-controlled villages to rout the Cong. The logical extension of this policy is to use nuclear weapons. What else can you do when the 2000-pound bombs don't stop the Communists...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Bring on the Nukes | 2/29/1968 | See Source »

According to Massachusetts YD president Peter Di Chicco, the purge probably won't succeed because the college clubs have at least half the votes on the parent organization--enough to stop the movement...

Author: By Robert M. Krim, | Title: Mass Young Dems Try Ousting College YD's For Backing McCarthy | 2/26/1968 | See Source »

...persecuted Holahan, who had been averaging 38 saves per game behind an ethereal defense, had to stop 16 shots in each of the last two periods for a total of 40 saves...

Author: By Lee H. Simowitz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Sextet Destroys Yale, 7-1, On First-Period Outburst | 2/26/1968 | See Source »

...successfully argued that such a plant would cost more than its long-range worth. His next problem is to raise money for his own kind of plant. Plans call for three-fifths to come from private sources (foreign and domestic), two-fifths from the government. But this should not stop Li, who has a well-earned reputation for achieving success a step at a time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steel: A Step at a Time | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

Issue number 19 makes liking Avatar difficult. When Cambridge stops suppressing it, and people stop buying Avatar out of sympathy, its editors will have to either improve the paper or rely, for survival, on pity...

Author: By Jack Davis, | Title: Avatar No. 19 | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

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