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Word: silk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...delicious is the deception of the rich! What a blow for aesthetic egalitarianism! And what a cast of characters! Front men for the operation were a pair of homosexuals named Fernand Legros and Réal Lessard. Legros, a French-Egyptian given to wearing snug suits lined in red silk, jetted around the world with his counterfeit wares while maintaining a lavish Paris apartment and an all-male harem. Legros's partner, Lessard, was a young Canadian with a handsome, honest face. On the road he was a cool con man too, but back home he became the frightened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Objets d'Artifice | 11/14/1969 | See Source »

Suddenly four Weathermen slide into the room in a blur of jeans. army field jackets, and a green silk bandana. Two are girls...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: At the Gates of God-Drunk but Unafraid | 11/12/1969 | See Source »

...just in time to see one of my ceremonies. Come on upstairs." I follow. "Don't worry, I'm not a black witch, I'm a white witch. Most of us are. Our powers diminish when we use them selfishly." We come into a room draped with silk cloths. A dozen people?housewives, girls, young men?are sitting in a circle on the floor. Lying in the middle is a blonde, Leslie, around 20. Dennis joins the circle, all 13 witches join hands, and Dennis chants, "Spring equinox, golden son of the mountains, illumine the land!" The blonde, whose name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: CANDIDE CAMERA: IN SEARCH OF THE SOUL | 11/7/1969 | See Source »

...seems to me that the great tragedy of the Viet Nam Moratorium is that people do not realize that peace is too precious to be bought. A gentleman with a silk hat and umbrella learned this 31 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 31, 1969 | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...soccer action, Adams House topped Dunster, 2-1, in a game marred by a strong cross wind. Walt Tomford opened the scoring for Adams, taking a long pass in front of the goal and kicking it through. Mark Silk added the second goal, kicking the ball off the cross bar and then driving the loose ball into the goal. Joel Poholsky scored Dunster's lone goal on a long, wind-blown shot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop Grid Squad Bombs Eliot With Last-Minute Aerial Barrage | 10/22/1969 | See Source »

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