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Word: wipe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...will have enough gas, his engineers enough food. The Bomb even bothers him. "There are darn few men who do this because it's their aim in life," he says. "They do it because they feel they should. I really don't think now the Bomb would wipe us out. But, God, it would set us back a long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: U.S. TEST DIRECTOR | 4/20/1962 | See Source »

...recent appearance before the U.S. Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee, "it would be worth nearly 7? today in terms of 1962 dollars.'' But the Administration's bill would raise first-class only from 4? to 5?. If it were increased to 6?, it would wipe out the current deficit and still be a bargain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Stamping Out a Deficit | 4/6/1962 | See Source »

Introduced on January 20 into the upper house, the Mansfield-Dirksen bill would wipe out all state literacy tests, a major device now used by some Southern states to keep Negroes off the voting rolls...

Author: By Jonathan D. Trobe, | Title: Pettigrew Calls Negro Vote Bill Crucial | 3/23/1962 | See Source »

...president: Merritt D. Hill, 59, who showed rare energy and chilly efficiency in building Ford's tractor division from a one-horse producer of utility tractors to a full-line implement manufacturer before retiring as a Ford vice president this month. His job now is to wipe out Case's $118 million bank debt, shine up a corporate reputation that was tarnished when onetime (1957-60) Case Boss Marc Rojtman flooded dealer showrooms with highly touted but insufficiently engineered farm machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Personal File: Mar. 16, 1962 | 3/16/1962 | See Source »

...Kennedy: she makes news. She came clutching her mother's shoes into a presidential press conference at Palm Beach. Carefully rehearsed, she was on hand to proffer a fresh rose to an enchanted Nehru at Newport. Once, Kennedy had to break off a TV filming to go and wipe Caroline's offstage tears ("Who's crying in this house?" he demanded). Again the President of the U.S., spending a weekend at Glen Ora, was heard to say impatiently: "Hurry up, Caroline. I want to use the phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: John F. Kennedy, A Way with the People | 1/5/1962 | See Source »

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