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Word: wet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Speaking through a bullhorn, a series of nine speakers warned and harangued a crowd of over 200 cold and wet spectators for over an hour that "the only thing the United States can do to end the war in Vietnam is withdraw, totally and completely. It is not a question of what is strategically right, but rather what is morally right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 200 Hear Speakers Denounce War In Week's Third Rally on Vietnam | 2/13/1965 | See Source »

...catching at all, and no one knows how they get started. Others are most catching in the early stages (almost the only item of folklore confirmed by scientific research). They are spread by sneezing and coughing, though a handkerchief promptly and properly used will check the spread. A wet handkerchief pulled from the pocket with an energetic flourish spreads virus particles generously. After it has dried, the handkerchief becomes virtually noninfectious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Infectious Diseases: The Still Common Cold | 2/12/1965 | See Source »

...ANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON. Kim Stanley simultaneously masters the dark arts of bitchery, poignancy and deadly menace in a thriller about a demented psychic who conjures up a kidnaping plot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Feb. 5, 1965 | 2/5/1965 | See Source »

...ANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON. Kim Stanley simultaneously masters the dark arts of bitchery, poignancy and deadly menace in a thriller about a demented psychic who conjures up a kidnaping plot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jan. 29, 1965 | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

...ANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON. A taut English thriller about a demented psychic (Kim Stanley) and her spouse (Richard Attenborough) who carry out a kidnaping suggested by voices from Beyond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Jan. 15, 1965 | 1/15/1965 | See Source »

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