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Word: weres (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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It Began Underground. The product's prospects were further heightened last month when Tawn Limited, a subsidiary of McKesson Laboratories, the giant drug wholesaler, bought the production and distribution rights. Until then, Cupid's Quiver was produced by Joseph Laboratories in Los Angeles, a tiny, one-product firm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: The Unlikeliest Product | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

In Jewison's The Russians Are Coming, Keith began a new career as a deadpan comedian. Now, teamed with Bridges, he gives the liveliest performance of his career as an agnostic Catholic and whoremaster-repentant whose right hand has not consulted his left for 40 years. The pro and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tarnished Cherub | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

The three angels who dined with Abraham are not described in Genesis. Early Christian painters presented them as strong, manly figures who greatly resembled Abraham. But angels were swift travelers and miraculous beings. By the 4th century A.D., Abraham's visitors had permanently acquired wings and halos. Much thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Visions and Visitations | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

The advent of science eroded angelic prerogatives. So, surprisingly, did the rise of Protestantism. Luther and Calvin believed in angels; but Luther prayed God not to send him angel visions because they distracted him. And both men were dedicated to downgrading angels, the Devil, the Virgin Mary-anything and everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Visions and Visitations | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

In fact, no one yet knows precisely how much phosphate detergents contribute to the death of lakes. Charles G. Bueltman, vice president of the Soap and Detergent Association, testified last week that "phosphates in surface waters come from many sources, such as fertilizers, runoff from uncultivated lands and forests, human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Dirty Detergents? | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

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