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Word: bents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Check on Einstein. An old question is Einstein's Theory of Relativity. One way to check on Einstein is to measure how much a star's light rays are bent by gravitation when they pass close to the sun. These measurements can be taken effectively only during a solar eclipse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Big Blackout | 5/12/1947 | See Source »

...cleared another covey of skirts and sweaters. He could distinctly hear the 1896 Gate squeaking its hinges in disgust and any time now, the Mem Hall bell would start up a dirge celebrating the end of an era. What would the old grads think as they rolled over and bent an ear? What, indeed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 5/6/1947 | See Source »

...vain hands bent on sacrifice or clasped in prayer we see; The ways of God are not exactly what those ways should be. The swindler and the ruffian lead pleasant lives enough, While judgments overtake the good and many a sharp rebuff . . . And if great God Almighty fails to keep the balance true, What can we hope that paltry mortal magistrates will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A REPORTER AMONG THE POETS | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

When Frank bent over to help look for the half dollar, Stuart hit him over the head as hard as he could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: I Shouldn't Go On | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

...matches. Suddenly his face clouded. He hitched the Tommy gun higher under his arm, took a dirty piece of paper from the wide, ragged sleeve of his shinel, and scowled at it. After a few steps he stuffed the paper back carefully, stared for a moment at the bent backs of the prisoners, then searched the strained faces of a new load of commuters just leaving the station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Beyond Understanding | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

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