Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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How can those Louisiana mothers derive such joy in intentionally piercing the tender feelings of a little dark-skinned tot? Can they puncture the heart of a first-grade girl and still hope to have Christ in their Christmas?
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On the cover of the Dec. 5 issue of TIME, the Nigerian flag is shown in the background with its stripes running perpendicular to the flagpole. [In the flag chart accompanying your cover story in] the same magazine, the Nigerian flag is seen with its stripes running parallel to the...
In commenting on the performance of public-opinion polls in the election, TIME (Nov. 21) said: "Only Veteran Elmo Roper, who reported on election eve that Nixon looked to squeeze ahead by two percentage points, chose the wrong winner."
At no time did we predict that Nixon would "squeeze ahead by two percentage points." Our only prediction was that the race was too volatile and too close to permit a prediction-with 4% of the eligible voters undecided up to the very end. Kennedy's margin of one...