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Word: wishfully (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...might have expected, I never did get back to Rosencrantz during its New York run, and, wish as I might, I knew deep down that I couldn't really camp out in the theatre...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern | 2/8/1969 | See Source »

Restrained in tone, precise in language, the Nixon statement contained no mention of the law-and-order campaign slogan. "These troubles have been long building," Nixon said. In part, he blamed them on failures in education, racial prejudice and the explosive pressures of rapid social adjustments, adding: "I wish I could report that we had produced a magic formula that would end crime and sweep away despair overnight. We have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: CRIME IN THE CAPITAL | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

...Hoffman's father was a furniture designer, middle-class and Jewish. His mother was a movie fan and named him after Dustin Farnum, the silent-screen cowboy (his older brother is Ronald, for Colman). The game of the name made Hoffman a loser from childhood. "I always used to wish there was another Dustin in class," he recalls. "When you're poked fun at?they used to call me 'Dustbin'?you either go inside yourself or become a clown. In seventh grade, I played Tiny Tim because I was the shortest kid in the class. Because a ninth-grader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Moonchild and the Fifth Beatle | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

...student interest, the enrollment in Social Relations 152 ("Psychology of Adolescence") will be increased by one section. Those interested should come to William James 441 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. today for an interview even if an application has been previously submitted. Students accepted into the course who wish to withdraw should call ext. 3810 before 3 p.m. today. The selections will be posted Saturday morning on the ground floor of William James...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soc Rel 152 | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

...students wish to withdraw from the general cultural life of Harvard, or its Houses. They strongly urge, however, that the various elements of the University, and most especially the Houses, make greater efforts to bring more black artists and art, black visiting speakers and writers, to the College--for the benefit not only of black students but of the larger community. We strongly recommend that Masters, House Committees, and other bodies, make a greater effort to secure such visits, in co-operation with the black students, who have expressed an eagerness to assist the House Masters and others in securing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Black Students at Harvard: The Rosovsky Report | 2/4/1969 | See Source »

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