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Word: swathes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Beyond economics, there is the question of the sonic boom, which can vary in decibel level from a shot to a 50-mile wide swath of thunderous sound, and would annoy groundlings, to say the least. Transportation Secretary Volpe last week promised that the SST will fly supersonically only over water, at least until the sonic boom is brought within "acceptable limits." Three countries-Sweden, Ireland and West Germany-have already banned SSTs over their territory. The FAA calculates that if all restrictions on supersonic flight were removed, the eventual market would jump from 500 SSTs to 1,200, adding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The SST: Riding A Technological Tiger | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

...most people, the Golden Greeks are Aristotle Onassis and Stavros Niarchos, the argonauts who have built fortunes of $500 million each and cut a swath in international society. The two old rivals still struggle to outdo each other in size of fleet and fortune, and are now engaged in a fierce competition to win a Greek government contract to build a huge shipping and industrial complex. Though they get most of the publicity, they are only the two most conspicuous men in a large group of Greek shipping magnates, most of whom are known in nautical circles as the "other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shipping: The Other Greeks | 8/15/1969 | See Source »

...SWORD LINE cuts a swath through these...

Author: By The Scientist, | Title: The Wellesley Kid | 8/15/1969 | See Source »

...keep the blouse a blurb instead of the advertisement it becomes when worn over nothing. Then there are see-through pants (under them, a matching opaque bikini bottom) and cleavage: vertical in skirts slit all the way up to the waist, horizontal in boleros that cut a wide swath through the midriff and barely remember to cover the breasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Fashion: The Way of All Flesh | 5/16/1969 | See Source »

...ocean's bottom at a rate of 1,500 barrels an hour. For days, capping efforts had been stymied by high seas, and escaping oil had continued to spread out from the long-legged rig at the rate of three miles per hour, cutting a devastating swath through the water...

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

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