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Word: wiped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...though many freshmen still show surprising strength, most political analysts expect Democrats to lose from 20 to 50 seats, Thus, there is a possibility that the Republicans will wipe out the 40-seat gain of 1964, although they are extremely unlikely to win the 77 seats they need to control the House...

Author: By Michael D. Barone, | Title: The Effect of Vietnam at the Polls in '66 | 6/3/1966 | See Source »

...within ten miles of the strategic port of Haiphong. The RB-66s help far-flying U.S. fighter-bombers to find their targets over the jungle-masked rivers and roads of North Viet Nam. They also aid them in avoiding the SAM missiles, which Ho Chi Minh had hoped would wipe American aircraft from his skies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Air, Water, Nuts & Bolts | 5/20/1966 | See Source »

Since Sellers was working while golfing, Walsh sued both him and his company for $250,000, claiming that Sellers had negligently failed to wipe his hands before swinging, causing the club to slip. In answer, Sellers moved to have the suit dismissed on a seemingly unassailable ground: anyone who ventures on a golf course "assumes the risk of being struck by a ball" and is thus barred from seeking damages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Negligence: Duffer's Dilemma | 5/6/1966 | See Source »

...living room." There he saw Ian standing over a young man, striking him on the head with an ax. Said Smith: "I have seen butchers show as much emotion as he did when they were cutting up a sheep's ribs." Frightened, Smith helped Brady and Myra Hindley wipe away the blood and truss up the body before going home to his wife. On crossexamination, defense attorneys got Smith to admit that he had accepted money from London's News of the World for his story of the crimes and the trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Most Unusual Trial | 4/29/1966 | See Source »

...committee, a private group of planners, has been working since last fall against the Brookline-Elm St. route, which would wipe out from 1000 to 1500 homes and pass close to Central Square. Last Sunday M.I.T. vehemently rejected the two routes most often mentioned as alternative locations for the Belt. These routes, which would infringe on the Institute's campus, were pictured as causing $80 million in damage to M.I.T...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Inner Belt Group Urges M.I.T. To Reverse Decision on Highway | 2/23/1966 | See Source »

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