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Word: wonderlands (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wonderland of Color. But world's fairs are made of more than buildings, however distinguished, and Seattle's is a wonderland of color, movement, illusion and eye-popping exhibits. Built a mile from the central business district on a plot of undeveloped land, it was planned to sit within a wall of buildings that shuts out the unpleasant surroundings. Space Needle visitors get an enchanting view of the city's lights at night, and by day a panorama ranging from America's Fuji-Mount Rainier-to the snow-capped Olympics rising beyond white-capped Puget Sound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fairs: Go West, Everybody | 4/27/1962 | See Source »

Calling the Congo crisis "one part one part Alice in Wonderland, part Heart of Darkness," David '55 last night discussed and interpretation of the Congo story. Halberstam, a Times correspondent, recently won the New Newspaper Guild Front-Page Award for his Congo reporting...

Author: By Margaret VON Szeliski, | Title: Correspondent Says Congo Exposes | 4/20/1962 | See Source »

...Wonderland Park, just outside Boston, was all atwitter last week. Above the splashing of the fountains could be heard the squeals and coos of the visitors. "Peek under the rhododendrons, Lavinia, and see if they're using peat moss," whispered one. Burbled another: "I can never really face up to spring until there are pussy willows in the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suburbia: Tiptoe Through the Tulips | 3/30/1962 | See Source »

MARVIN BRYAN Executive Producer Wonderland Productions Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 15, 1961 | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

...Status Symbol. The child classics run from Dean Swift to Tom Swift, from Defoe and his immortal castaway to Mark Twain's raft, adrift forever on the Mississippi. Alice is still in Wonderland, and the Ancient Mariner is there to remind the buyer that man was a poet before he learned prose and that a child who is fobbed off with baby-talk doggerel is not only being robbed but nudged into the cozy horrors of the remedial-reading set. Treasure Island and The Voyages of Dr. Doolittle may still be bought, and it is a good thing...

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

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