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Word: twists (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unkind twist of politics, the election that brought John F. Kennedy to the White House also reinforced the conservatives in Congress, and they consider the New Frontier's multi-billion-dollar welfare plans much too expensive. Concedes Washington's Jackson: "The President isn't going to get from Congress everything he asks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Seasonal Sum-Up | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

...constant for cooling a bottle of Coca-Cola in ice water." They thought it would be a cinch-all they would need was a thermometer and a stop watch. But they found out differently. "It depends on whether you shake the bottle," says Mollö-Christensen. "Remember that little twist the wine steward gives the bottle when he puts it in a bucket? It speeds the cooling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: This Is M.I.T. | 4/7/1961 | See Source »

...important. His counsel was expensive Edward Bennett Williams, the U.S.'s most famous criminal trial lawyer. Sometime defender of Senator Joseph McCarthy, Teamster Boss James Hoffa and Gambling Chieftain Frank Costello, Lawyer Williams had several conferences with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy about the Melekh case-a strange twist, since Bobby Kennedy has long been bitter toward Williams for thwarting his efforts to bring down his old enemy Jimmy Hoffa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Espionage: One That Got Away | 3/31/1961 | See Source »

...whole men and women, who have such minor emotional disturbances as fear about thunder or a compulsion to twist and untwist paper clips (symbolically twisting the boss's neck). Their aggressiveness, perfectionism or shyness are not exaggerated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Anatomy of Angst | 3/31/1961 | See Source »

...done not later than the public schools are opened to all pupils." This was dismissed with a smirk: "Then came the hedge." The sum of TIME'S account was in the snickering quip: "Not later, but not now." My question is: Does TIME report the facts honestly or twist them to secure a cute caption? Perhaps a more profound question could be asked: Did TIME read the pastoral letters, and if so, why were they not reported fairly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 24, 1961 | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

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