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Word: tooing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nixon's words were wasted on the Republicans, however; the Democrats control Congress. After a Friday-morning breakfast caucus, Democratic leaders announced that they intended to ignore Nixon's warnings and might even try to override any presidential veto, though it is questionable whether they can muster the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: CONGRESS: PRIORITIES AT ISSUE | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

Organized crime secured its first firm beachhead in New Jersey during Prohibition days, when Abner ("Longie") Zwillman used the state as the base for 40% of the nation's bootlegging operations. Aside from Newark and Jersey City, much of the state retained a rural character until the opening of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Corruption by Consent | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

Close to 300,000 New Jersey residents leave the state every day to work in New York City, and nearly 50,000 more commute to Philadelphia. Many of them regard the state as a bedroom and take no interest in state or local government. Among those who are active in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Corruption by Consent | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

The coroner who examined Walt found scar tissue under the skin of the boy's arm, indicating that he had shot heroin before. There was no evidence of the needle tracks common to hardcore addicts. Still, Walter weighed only 80 lbs.; so a double injection of heroin -the suspected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs: Why Did Walter Die? | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

The Brookline, Mass., Fire Department cannot rely too often on a 75-year-old musician with a 31-year-old fire engine. Still, it has taken official cognizance of the Arthur Fiedler Hook and Ladder Company. The Boston Pops conductor, a lifelong fire buff who owns several hundred fire helmets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 26, 1969 | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

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