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Word: wrecking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Secret Army's terrorists now seemed determined to destroy it. "If we are forced to leave," they threaten, "we will leave the country the way we found it in 1830." Meanwhile, they are desperately trying to provoke a racial war that would goad the Moslems to revolt and wreck the cease-fire agreement. Last week was the bloodiest since the cease-fire began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Algeria: Object: Destruction | 5/11/1962 | See Source »

...right, including a die-hard faction in the Christian Democratic Party itself, bitterly opposes the government's proposed reforms and its alliance with a Socialist Party once closely linked to the Communists. The Christian Democratic right wing, which until now has grudgingly co-operated with the progressive coalition, could wreck it by withdrawing its support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Segni's Election | 5/10/1962 | See Source »

...Bent old wreck that...

Author: By Sidney M. Goldfarb, | Title: Kelley Leaves Tanner's Cafe | 4/21/1962 | See Source »

...discouraging to watch sensitive direction and powerful photography founder upon a wretched script. The carefully focused composition and precise lighting give enormous force to a few scenes, particularly one in an open boat and another inside the wreck of an old schooner. And Harriet Andersen's acting is consistently stunning...

Author: By Stephen F. Jencks, | Title: Through a Glass Darkly | 4/13/1962 | See Source »

...have the bronchi at the point where they empty into the diatribe," his Old World doctor says by way of telling him he has tuberculosis. He leaves the tuberculosis sanitarium to visit his father, now ensconced in an asylum where the carefree staff has diagnosed him a "Nervous Wreck." Horrified, Don packs his father off to a country rest home where he is amazed to meet his old fiancée. He accepts guilt for her troubled mind, and, in the face of dark signs, he marries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lessons from the Dead | 3/23/1962 | See Source »

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