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Word: surfed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tommygunner burst out, "how can you talk of ORDER! a point of order! a point of order! mr. share-man, when will you allow me one poise of ardor? one piece of order? one, please, of otherness. GIVE ME A CHANTS!? -- . . . all this and more is what Billy the Surf Bum saw in the now-opened capsule on the end of the dart he was holding in the soon-to-be-empty dating bar in which he (believe it or not) was still standing in fresno beach california, even at this hour in what what was, after all, pacific standard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Whole Yoke Sent Her | 5/9/1969 | See Source »

...tons into the English Channel, 90% of the animal loss was caused by detergents used to clean up the oil. As for Santa Barbara, Neushul figures that such grazing organisms as limpets and abalones are in the greatest danger. Even as he spoke, oil emulsified by the surf sank to the bottom, killing lobsters, sea urchins, mussels, clams and some fish. Inevitably, plants would prosper at the expense of animals. Said Neushul: "This could lead to a drastic ecological imbalance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: ENVIRONMENT: TRAGEDY IN OIL | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

...small cabin called Firo, looking out over the Pacific Ocean. Two days before, 11 people had been killed by a mud-slide in Southern California, a result of the worst flooding in the state in 31 years; now it was bright and sunny, and far below the surf was pounding in against the shore...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: Big Sur, California: Tripping Out at Esalen | 2/10/1969 | See Source »

...when the vibes at Esalen had been highest, there had been as many as three different couples making love next to each other, on the rest tables next to the baths, in the middle of the afternoon. And all this, the boy thought to himself, while the mighty Pacific surf pounded on the shore below...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: Big Sur, California: Tripping Out at Esalen | 2/10/1969 | See Source »

...inexorably as surf beating upon sand, prolonged payments deficits erode confidence in the value of currencies. France's current difficulties spring from soaring wage rates, the price of quelling last June's student-worker uprising. Whatever their specific cause, enduring payments deficits expose a weakness that political leaders are understandably loath to recognize: lack of economic selfdiscipline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Monetary System: What's Wrong and What Might Be Done | 11/29/1968 | See Source »

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