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Word: aire (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from that cradle of warriors, the Punjab. The Indian army officer sometimes appears to be the very, very model of the British tradition: he has probably attended Sandhurst, speaks with an Oxford accent, plays polo and cricket, wears a mustache and carries a swagger stick. The first-rate Indian air force uses British twin-jet Canberra bombers and French Mystere jet fighters -all obtained by purchase, since Nehru believes that military aid would compromise India's traditional neutrality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: The Shade of the Big Banyan | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

...Japanese interests hold 40% of the USIMINAS steel plant (annual capacity: 500,000 tons), U.S., Canadian, French and Israeli interests are partners with Brazilians in seven cement plants. In Argentina, Kaiser Industries, which makes 2,500 vehicles a month, is owned 51% by Argentine stockholders, 16% by the Argentine Air Force, 33% by the U.S. parent firm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: The Joint Venture | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

...half a mile before marines following in helicopters caught it and cut it loose. Bruised and shaken, the scientists climbed out. The gondola was a battered wreck (see cut). Moore could walk, but Ross was so badly shaken up that one of the tracking helicopters took him to an Air Force hospital near Salina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Shivering Look at Venus | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

...inside it, only a rhesus monkey named Sam and a collection of meal worms, bacteria, molds and other biological samples. Strapped to a kind of cocoon lined with plastic foam sat Sam the monkey, riding in astronaut's "chair." Sam and cocoon were enclosed in an inner, air-conditioned " logical package," thick with straps, wi and instruments to test Sam's reactions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Sam Got Down | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

...east of the dark mountains of Communist China, Marie and Dave pondered answers in a classroom near Hong Kong. It was another fringe benefit in the maiden voyage of the International School of America, creation of Karl G. Jaeger, a budding (29) industrialist turned teacher. Tuition: $4,650 (including air fare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Study As You Go | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

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