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Word: walke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stations. The streets of the cities echo with the laughter of Africans, and the townships rock to the Beatle beat of guitars, strummed by young men wearing the cowboy hats that have become the latest rage. But all too often the smiles hide resentment. Says one African: "If I walk in the streets of Johannesburg and a white man kicks me, I will grin and say, 'Baas, you would have made a great soccer player.' But there is murder in my heart. I wear different masks for different white people all the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: The Great White Laager | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

...seats. In one movie theater, Rune's feet literally got glued to the floor in the sticky residue of gum, candy and spilled soft drinks. Baseball bored him: "They just kept throwing the ball and missing it." Except in New York, visitors note, no American ever seems to walk anywhere. One English hiker set out across the Golden Gate Bridge, was chased by police who assumed he must be planning to jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE FOREIGNER DISCOVERS AMERICAN (AND VICE VERSA) | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

Because of increasing camera problems, project controllers huddled at week's end, trying to decide whether to scrub the scheduled plan of lowering the spacecraft to within 28 miles of the lunar surface in order to photograph nine target areas where astronauts may some day walk (see diagram). At that height, the orbiter's high-resolution 600-mm. lens could shoot objects as small as a card table. At last they decided to go ahead, hoping that under different conditions of lunar orbit, the camera might well begin operating properly again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Photographing the Moon | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

...beginning of the summer, the Summer School Administration expressed concern over the possibility of friction between its students and local youths. Early in July, Dean Baird said he was worried about a mixer across the river in Briggs Cage, because large numbers of girls would have to walk back to their dorms late at night...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: Summer School Girl Is Attacked In Thayer Hall on Sunday Morning | 8/23/1966 | See Source »

...mixed. One is concern for the helpless, neglected sick; another is the challenge of severe cases. "Imagine!" says Dr. Pitlyk, "I wouldn't have seen a case like Hoi Pham's in five years at any emergency ward in the U.S., where people just don't walk around with broken necks." Surgeons also enjoy a respite from the depressing monotony of treating the destructive effects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doctors: Spare Time in Viet Nam | 8/19/1966 | See Source »

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