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Word: twisting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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After the folksinging, freshmen and their dates can go to the Union where Gordie Main and the Mainiacs will blast twist music while George Graham and his band purr "mood" music nearby...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frosh Jubilee Nears | 3/15/1962 | See Source »

...stagnation, the sameness of life and death in the viscous depths of hopelessness. Occasionally, as in the horrific climax, the picture is crudely exciting. And in one brief episode, a hilarious Oriental hoedown in which four flophouse characters do what looks like a medieval Japanese version of the Twist, Kurosawa is so far out the rickshas don't run there any more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Oh, The Way People Live! | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

...enough to give a motorcycle cop ulcers. On the slick asphalt pavement, the cut-down, exhaust-blatting hot rods stood poised for takeoff. Hunched over steering wheels, leather-masked drivers squinted through their goggles as the crowd shouted: "Stripe it, Chevy!" "Twist him off!" At the signal, the cars roared away-but not to the wail of a police siren. In Pomona, Calif., last week, the country's foremost hot-rodders were holding their Winternational Drag Racing championships before 39,000 cheering auto buffs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Sudden Irons | 3/2/1962 | See Source »

...Jackie flew off to Manhattan with her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill (for undisclosed reasons). That night, after the Saud dinner, Jack Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon Johnson betook themselves to a party given by the President's sister, Eunice Shriver. J.F.K. was dancing when the orchestra began a twist, but kept on sedately fox-trotting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Simply Everywhere | 2/23/1962 | See Source »

...city's recreation department will construct a large stage-bandstand, which during the day will be used for bathing beauty contests and other forms of entertainment, including the popular twist and limbo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fort Lauderdale Set To Welcome Annual Student Onslaught | 2/21/1962 | See Source »

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