Word: twisting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When we control the production of coal, we hold the vitals of our society right in our hands. I can squeeze, twist, and pull until we get the inevitable victory...
...Adams won his third Emmy as Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as the bumbling spy in NBC's Get Smart. The show itself received an award for the Outstanding Comedy Series. The twist: NBC has dropped Get Smart horn next season's lineup. Yet another twist: CBS picked it up, and will continue it in the fall...
...Patience. It is hard to imagine a man with a clearer eye or a more far-ranging mind. Leonardo might stop work on a painting to dissect a cadaver and make meticulous studies of its musculature so that he could better understand the twist of a body or the shape of an arm. He took as his province the total knowledge of mankind (which was then manageable), and painting was only a part of it. Even when he was famed the length and breadth of Italy and crowned heads and prelates were besieging him for paintings, he pronounced himself...
...Williams, illustrated by Friso Henstra (Parents' Magazine Press; $3.95). A princess named Bedelia manages to slay a dragon by using a little common sense-and a lot of gunpowder. She also escapes from a prison tower and marries a handsome prince, all because she is practical. A humorous twist on the standard fairy tale with slightly baroque illustrations...
...Angle of Twist. To solve this problem, Stafford and Cernan reopened Snoopy's sealed hatch. Much of the oxygen in the tunnel promptly flowed into the lunar module, where the pressure was less. The excess oxygen was then released into space through a vent in Snoopy...