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Word: afterpart (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Inside is a strange, ungainly object: the central half of a submarine. Its afterpart stands clear and showing its skin, like a dissected whale, but its forward part is enclosed in a big tank of water. The building is filled with a rushing sound. Men come and go, consulting complicated instruments. A crew of engine-room men work inside the submarine, checking and nursing its machinery just as if it were cruising under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Man in Tempo 3 | 1/11/1954 | See Source »

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