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Word: want (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...climbed to 500 ft. He made hourly radio position reports, saw no other planes or ships, never got sleepy enough to use his stay-awake pills. After 28 hours, he sighted Trinidad off Venezuela, turned up the Antilles toward the U.S., bypassing Cuba ("because I didn't want to get shot down"). He had enough fuel to make it to Los Angeles, but decided to land at El Paso because his jugs were empty and he was parched with thirst. Said he, as he downed a bottle of pop after landing: "I could have drunk a barrel of water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVENTURE: Like Old Times | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

...this, the smaller countries found a way to assert themselves when De Gaulle proposed that a permanent political consultative body be established within the new six-nation Common Market structure. Fearing this would mean domination by France, Belgium and The Netherlands bluntly vetoed the scheme. "We do not want our country run from the Quai d'Orsay," said one Dutch official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Nervous Alliance | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

...didn't appeal to me when he was younger," she said, "and he appeals to me even less now." When told that Francesco had named her his heir, Angela showed a tougher fiber than even the most famous of Italian shrews, Katharina of Padua. Snapped Angela: "I want no part of him, alive or dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Untamed Shrew | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

Meanwhile, regular checks (marked "promotion") came in from other companies, and Clay listed them for the income tax men. "Can I send you something every month?" payolateers would ask. "That isn't necessary," was Clay's stock reply, "but go ahead if you want to." The wages of spin almost doubled his yearly salary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Wages of Spin | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

Halfback: Ron Burton, 23, Northwestern; 5 ft. 9 in., 180 lbs. Major: education. "Great speed and elusiveness; whenever he carries the ball, he's a threat." Close behind Burton the pros rank Iowa's Bob Jeter ("as fast as you want them") and unsung Abner Haynes of North Texas State ("He's 180 lbs., and he runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: All-America | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

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