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Word: suspectible (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...English," said Eccles, "is now so far from being the suspect channel of Anglo-American culture and propaganda that it is accepted as the medium of rebellion and anti-colonialism." Britain's government, he said, is "under continuous pres sure" from new nations in Africa and Asia that need help in setting up English courses in their schools. The greatest demand comes not from governments but from private individuals, "simply because English is now the language of good jobs. Young people know that to get on in a scientific age they must know English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Lingua Anglica | 6/22/1962 | See Source »

...average American is still spending just as much of his income (93%), but since 1955 the percentage of it that he spends on services, rather than retail goods, has jumped from under 34% to nearly 39%. This troubles some economists, who suspect that a dollar paid out to a hairdresser or a TV repairman does not have as great a "multiplier effect" on the economy as does one spent in a retail store. The retail dollar, they reason, sets up an immediate chain reaction that runs from the store to the manufacturer of the item to the basic raw-material...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State of Business: Records that Deceive | 6/15/1962 | See Source »

...anxious to avoid such a fate, the third suspect meekly surrendered-to New York Daily News Photographer Gary Kagan (who knew the suspect's family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Happy to Oblige | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

...will suspect I'm afraid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: The Happy Tune | 5/25/1962 | See Source »

...Molester Mole, a grubby mind with a powerful, if threadbare message. He is the Flounder of the Jack Acid Society, its spirited, selfless leader. He guides the Deacon when that Godsymp's flesh weakens, and it is Mole who prepares the Society's blacklist. The list of all the suspect members of the swamp is quite comprehensive; it even includes Mole's friend, the Deacon...

Author: By Joseph L. Featherstone, | Title: Pogo's Black Book | 5/22/1962 | See Source »

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