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Word: vests (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Stockholm. Physicist Donald Glaser, who had gone to Stockholm to receive a Nobel Prize, was trailed from Stockholm to London to Geneva, where he was finally found relaxing at a ski resort. To TIME'S reporter, the few moments he finally had with Glaser added up to a "vest-pocket" interview. To the scientist, the care and thoroughness of TIME'S investigations into his life and his work made it seem as if he had been under surveillance "by armies of TIME reporters ever since I set foot on European soil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Jan. 2, 1961 | 1/2/1961 | See Source »

...group. The ambassador was as well the guest of his classmate (Harvard-1906), Arthur N. Holcombe, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Emeritus, at the latter's seminar on the American Executive. He impressed the students there as the true diplomat--distinguished white hair, pince-nez, well-filled vest, and a distinct, erudite speech with a slight European accent...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: Ambassador-at-Large | 11/18/1960 | See Source »

...Annapolis, Joe Curnane, a Massachusetts undertaker who looks after Jack Kennedy's political interests in Maryland, hooked his forefingers in his vest and put the heat on 48 Tidewater ward lords for sizable campaign contributions. "It gets better every day," he said. "I'd hate to see Maryland end up in the wrong column the day after the election. Don't miss the boat, gentlemen. Don't miss the boat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Candidate in Orbit | 11/7/1960 | See Source »

...Vested Interest. In Draper, Utah, facing a firing squad, condemned Murderer James W. Rodgers was asked if he had a last request, replied: "Yes, I'd like a bulletproof vest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 18, 1960 | 4/18/1960 | See Source »

Dealers speculated that if the picture's former owner, Lady Salmond (wife of R.A.F. Marshal Sir John Salmond), had offered it on the open market it would have brought well over $1,000,000, easily topping the $616,000 sale of Cezanne's Boy in Red Vest and the record $770,000 recently paid for Rubens' Adoration of the Magi. But few Englishmen can afford such sums. Had the picture left the country, the government would have collected an enormous estate duty on it. Lady Sal-mond's private sale to the National Gallery was taxfree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: How to Save Taxes | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

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