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Word: braine (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...phonetic bit was originally the natural brain child of a bored naval officer sitting out World War II at a West Coast naval station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 20, 1957 | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

Lest I be misunderstood, let me hasten to add that the point of this story is the importance of brainpower-not the place of the poolroom in a young man's success. Dean Wooldridge was the "Big Red" of the brain squad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 20, 1957 | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

...humble project to improve carbon copying has spawned a whole family of technical advances and is still reproducing wildly. It may even end by simulating the structure of the human brain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Magic Capsules | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

...which are about the same size) should not be trained to behave in this way too. They are not trying to synthesize bacteria or protozoa, but there is at least a possibility that Cash's capsules can be made to resemble the neurons (nerve cells) of the human brain and to take over some of their functions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Magic Capsules | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

...lawyer, Gavin Stevens (left over from Intruder in the Dust, etc.), loves Eula's adolescent daughter Linda; he wants her to get out of Jefferson because the Snopeses have taken over. But Flem hangs on to his prestigious wife and daughter until Eula puts a bullet through her brain and thus releases Linda for better things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Snopeses | 5/6/1957 | See Source »

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