Search Details

Word: three-hour (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...commander announced that it was going to drive to the war memorial in three armored personnel carriers, which by tacit agreement between U.S. and Soviet commandants enter each other's sector only if they do not display arms. When the Soviet guard showed up with submachine-gun-toting soldiers standing on the sides of the vehicles, General Watson insisted that they climb inside. After a 43-minute argument, the Russians agreed and were escorted to the memorial by MPs. After another three-hour sitdown in which they objected to the escort, the Russians retaliated by dispatching a "quasi-escort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Wall of Shame | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

...three-hour presentation in Geneva last week, U.S. Negotiator Arthur Dean unveiled the details of the latest Kennedy Administration proposal to break the U.S.-Soviet deadlock over methods of working out a nuclear test ban treaty. Behind the new Kennedy plan was the notion that recent improvements in the techniques of distinguishing underground A-blasts from earthquakes make it safe for the U.S. to reduce its inspection requirements. Main points of the proposal: > If the Russians agreed to on-site inspections by international teams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Atom: Rebuff in Geneva | 8/17/1962 | See Source »

...records-despite a blundering pit crew that set the engine afire by spilling oil on it and then proceeded to spray Thompson in the face with gasoline. Over one kilometer from a flying start, the Pontiac was clocked at 153.64 m.p.h., and it averaged 143.12 m.p.h. through a three-hour endurance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard: Aug. 3, 1962 | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

...Quentin prison, the former county sheriff, a host of lawyers, sociologists and teachers. Two Chicago dailies, the American and the News, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, have weighed in with strong editorial support for mercy. A Chicago TV station added dramatic impetus to the cause, airing a three-hour panel discussion direct from the jail-and featuring Crump himself. By unanimous agreement. 300 Chicago ministers sermoned their flocks on salvation for the convicted killer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: The Last Mile? | 7/20/1962 | See Source »

...Leonard, Vic Damone, Keely Smith, the Kingston Trio, Joe E. Lewis and Ella Fitzgerald booked for future stands. Rooms run from $12 to $45 a night, and all guests are automatically insured for $5,000 while registered and for eight hours after checkout. "It will be great for the three-hour layover," said one seasoned traveler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Out of the Desert | 6/15/1962 | See Source »

First | Previous | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | Next | Last