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Word: witless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lolita. A baby-satyr (James Mason) and a pseudonymphet (Sue Lyon) are featured in this witless wonder that resembles no book of Nabokov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sep. 28, 1962 | 9/28/1962 | See Source »

Lolita. A baby-satyr (James Mason) and a pseudo nymphet (Sue Lyon) are featured in this witless wonder that resembles no book of Nabokov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sep. 21, 1962 | 9/21/1962 | See Source »

...read a number of them produces an effect of mild narcolepsy. Many have been clearly influenced by the notorious "look-say" teaching method, and if a large percentage of children under eight can barely read, the reason could be that what they are permitted to read is witless and dull. Probably the safest rule for the adult buyer is to avoid any book bearing the endorsement of any educational book or library advisory service. One such-The Man Who Walked Around the World, by Benjamin Elkin (Childrens Press; $2.50)-bears the menacing label, "A Reading Laboratory Book," and offers "skill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Condemned Playground | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

Unkept Promise. As a member of the Senate's inner sanctum, Bridges had a strong sense of loyalty to his colleagues, regardless of party or politics. He tried hard to save Joe McCarthy from the Senate's censure, and might have succeeded had not McCarthy made a witless remark about the panel of Senators investigating him being the "unwitting handmaiden" of Communism. When asked to campaign against Democrat Scott Lucas in Illinois in 1950, Bridges was furious. "Scott Lucas refused to come to New Hampshire in 1948 and campaign against me," he sputtered. "I'll never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Innermost Member | 12/8/1961 | See Source »

...have these soldiers scared witless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congo: Stillness over Katanga | 9/8/1961 | See Source »

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