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Word: whisk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...entry personality; he decides to erase this intolerable female, rub out this erroneous entry in the tidy ledger of his life. And the scene in which the meek little monster attempts to execute his resolve-with the help of cigarettes, whisky, open windows, kitchen knives and even an egg whisk-is a grand piece of sustained nonsense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Sellers Market | 5/2/1960 | See Source »

...airplane," Republic's Thunderchief will fly 2,000 miles without refueling, hit speeds of Mach 2-plus (1,400 m.p.h.), go high or low and deliver any kind of a bang the Air Force wants. As a tactical strike aircraft in support of ground troops, it can whisk in with rockets, a 20-mm. cannon that fires at the rate of 6,000 rounds per minute and a bomb bay packing a heavier load, either conventional or nuclear, than a World War II B-17 bomber. Since the Thunderchief can carry either an H-bomb or Abomb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Hail to the Chief | 2/1/1960 | See Source »

...jaded, well-heeled tourist who has been everywhere, Kenya has something new in jungle sumptuousness. When his jet plane touches down in Nairobi, he is met by a brace of Rolls-Royces with zebra-skin upholstery. The cars whisk 125 miles north across Kikuyu country and draw up before the lush green lawns of the Mount Kenya Safari Club. Stretching away to either side are bamboo forests where roam the elephant and rhinoceros. Above towers snow-clad Mount Kenya, soaring 17,040 ft. into the equatorial sky. At sunset, guests are thrilled by the throb of tribal drums...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENYA: For Men Who Have Everything | 1/11/1960 | See Source »

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