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Word: useful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Admittedly, some women use the men in their lives as an excuse not to do what they really are too lazy to do anyway -use their brains. It must be laziness and not stupidity (as most men evidently assume) that keeps them out of the job market. The fact that about 95% of the working-age men in this country have jobs shows that stupidity is no obstacle to employment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 5, 1969 | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

Jack would never have understood the use of his name against a cause he believed in. When his mother read about it, she had to be placed under sedation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 5, 1969 | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...lead pipe you mentioned: its use is in question as to whether a guard possessed it originally and whether it was struggled over. There were no "buckets of hot water" thrown by students, and the guards were bountifully armed with nightsticks and blackjacks-both weapons were used, shall we say, rather extensively. The demonstrators were not given the opportunity to leave peacefully after police were called but before their announced arrival. As they leaped out of windows to avoid imminent arrest, they were grabbed and ill-treated by the badly trained I.B.I, guards. The confrontation of the students outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 5, 1969 | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...There are the flappers doing their frenetic Charleston, the dastardly villains and wistful heroines of the silent screen. Soon a couple of European political upstarts make their appearance: A. Hitler and B. Mussolini. Moving through the Great Depression and World War II, the film traces the ever more sophisticated use of all communications forms-radio, candid camera, wireless photos, TV -to capture the substance and essence of the times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 5, 1969 | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...what we thought were guns. It was a surprise and we opened fire. When something like this happens, you don't stop to ask questions." West learned that his group had slain four women and two old men. Their "guns" turned out to be the traditional sticks that peasants use to carry belongings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: MY LAI: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

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