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Word: tuned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...good looks. In a last meeting with her husband, she suggests that she become, an actress so "people will notice me." He disagrees but, having seen too many movies, Nana takes publicity pictures anyway. She even picks up a customer in a coffee shop to the jukebox tune of "My Girl is No Movie Star...

Author: By Paul Williams, | Title: My Life to Live | 12/6/1963 | See Source »

When it was over, the honor guard took the coffin into the sunshine. A band struck up Hail to the Chief-usually a tune of cheerful dignity, but on this day a doleful dirge. On the steps, Caroline brushed a tear from her eye. John-John, who was to have had his third birthday party that day, suddenly looked up and saw the flag on his father's casket. Jackie leaned over to whisper to him, and he saluted. The funeral procession began the last three miles to the cemetery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Funeral | 12/6/1963 | See Source »

Above the clink of crystal goblets and the beat of a twist tune wafted shreds and snippets of conversation. "Looks like Pierre made a party on the way." "No, darling, these models don't have a thing on underneath. They don't have anything to hide." "Look at Ethel go! Where does she get the energy?" "Look, McCone is actually smiling!" "I would love to see Allen Dulles twist." Floating among the crowd of 300 smartly-dressed people was the hostess, a tawny blonde, her hair bouffant, her gown a new Cardin, her perfume by Dior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: The Party Line | 11/22/1963 | See Source »

...whatever the most magic laryngeal age is, and she hardly needs the frightened little mike she conceals in her brassière. Those big metallic syllables, perfectly enunciated, come forth like bullets and mow down the crowd. "I must admit," she says, "I don't exactly croon a tune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightclubs: Delicious, Delectable, De-lovely | 11/22/1963 | See Source »

...sequential" system is aimed at forcing pupils to master specific reading steps before drifting upward. Gross has submitted a record one-year building budget of $223.8 million that calls for 37 new schools by 1965. And by 1970, he hopes to overhaul the entire school plant to the tune of $1.17 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public Schools: Civilizing the Blackboard Jungle | 11/15/1963 | See Source »

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