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Word: wrights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seek advice. Without background, it must be terrifying to become a centimillionaire at 37. But let me allay your anxieties at once. Being very rich is mostly what raucous people call a gas. C. Wright Mills, one of the egghead sociologists, was near the mark when he said: "If the rich are not happy, it is because none of us is happy." Sophie Tucker got it right the first time. "I've been rich and I've been poor," she said. "Rich is better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: ON BEING VERY, VERY RICH | 7/12/1968 | See Source »

...cessing to heat tiny, closely spaced spots on magnetic film, thus altering the magnetization and increasing the bits of information that can be packed into a given area. Laser beams themselves can be modulated to carry considerably more intelligence than any radio waves. The Air Force Avionics Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has developed a single laser communications system that can carry ten television channels simultaneously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Power & Potential of Pure Light | 7/12/1968 | See Source »

...NEGRO ENSEMBLE COMPANY alternates Peter Weiss's Song of the Lusitanian Bogey and Daddy Goodness, by Richard Wright and Louis Sapin, from July 25 to Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jul. 5, 1968 | 7/5/1968 | See Source »

...WOMEN'S OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP (ABC, 4:30-6 p.m.). Final round of the 16th annual tourney from Moselem Springs, Pa. Four-time Winners Betsy Rawls and Mickey Wright are among those competing against France's Catherine Lacoste, last year's winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jul. 5, 1968 | 7/5/1968 | See Source »

...Tigers have not won a pennant in 22 years, and their domination of the American League this season comes as an almost inexplicable surprise. Their team batting average is .227. Their most valuable player (and just about the only one who is healthy) is the team physician, Russell M. Wright. Regular Rightfielder Al Kaline, eleven times an All-Star, has been out of action since May 25 with a broken arm. Third Baseman Don Wert is recovering from a concussion, the result of a scalping in Cleveland last week. Leftfielder Willie Horton (.287, 18 homers) wears a brace to support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Two on Top | 7/5/1968 | See Source »

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