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Word: tranquillity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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MONDAY was the first day of December and the first real snowfall. It was cold and quiet and flavored with post-vacation inertia. Monday night the U.S. government, as if waiting for a tranquil moment, pulled oil the piece de resistance of all its absurdities...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Golden, | Title: Death The Numbers Game | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...looks are minimum, my restraint is maximum, and my psyche is not restive. But, by God, my body is tranquil-probably because I'm not worn out by being a "California Girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 21, 1969 | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

...Maybe an out-of-towner can become a California Girl if she comes here early?say at about age three. After that, it's too late. She can be beautiful. And healthy. And sexy. But she can never quite be that combination of maximum looks and minimum restraint, that tranquil body and restive psyche that is the California Girl! As difficult as it is to be a California Girl, it is harder still to stay one?even for the natives. Hence the amount of time she spends fending off wrinkles, pounds and ennui...

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

Students, teachers, England and the world have altered considerably in 35 years. But Brookfield School remains a tranquil antechamber to gentlemanhood, where the master now reigns in the person of Peter O'Toole. Discarding the shy, dry Donat approach, O'Toole becomes his own man, a conflicted figure changing imperceptibly from instructor to institution, like an elm turning, cell by cell, into petrified rock. The result is one of the slyest and subtlest performances in his career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Old Master | 11/7/1969 | See Source »

These are not tranquil times for the U.S. Protest on every hand makes depressing reading when autumn colors and football and the World Series beckon. Yet division and dissatisfaction are unalterable facts of life these days. Because they can-indeed must-be brought to light, they bear testimony to the essential strength of American society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Oct. 17, 1969 | 10/17/1969 | See Source »

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