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Word: blew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with some protection behind me. About 2,500 feet out I gave him a burst and it seemed to hit him all over. I got in a close burst and he poured big white smoke and fire. He rolled over at 8,000, hit the deck and blew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AIR WAR: Brawl in the Alley | 2/5/1951 | See Source »

Such a steamy geyser blew off last week when Mrs. Elizabeth E. Malament, a Brooklyn social-studies teacher, inveighed against a recent U.S. history exam set by the State Board of Regents. Wrote Mrs. Malament: "Does [the exam] measure the significant and enduring values that we strive to develop in our pupils? Will it help teachers by directing their emphasis into the most meaningful channels?" Mrs. Malament thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Meaningful Channels | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

...going to ask for his resignation immediately." When an assembly line slowed down, Colbert would hop on a motor scooter and dash to the scene of the trouble. Finally, the first engine came off the line and began its loo-hour test run. After 70 hours, the engine blew up; a tiny oil hole had not been drilled all the way through. But the next engine tested perfectly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: External Combustion | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

...Last week LeBlanc and his whirlwind medicine show blew into Hollywood to launch Hadacol there. Opening a 30-day ballyhoo campaign (which included a star-studded $75,000 radio show, featuring Groucho Marx and Judy Garland), the senator announced that he had already taken $1.5 million worth of orders for Hadacol in the movie capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Mixture As Before | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

...test this conclusion, Swearingen himself sat in the aisle seat. When the window blew out, the inner seat rose in the air, spun around and tried to ram itself through the window. Swearingen's body jerked slightly as the air clawed at it. He insisted that he was in no danger, but other CAA men testified that "he couldn't light a cigarette for five minutes afterward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Danger at 40,000 Feet | 12/25/1950 | See Source »

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