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Word: cools (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...taken baton in hand, conducted the New York City Ballet orchestra in ballet performances. At 46, a U.S. resident for 17 years and a citizen for twelve, he is also, beyond doubt, the finest living choreographer. No one today can equal the lyric grace of his inventions, the cool classicism of his abstract designs. Totting up all of his various qualities, the Nation's exacting B. H. Haggin goes so far as to call him "the greatest living creative artist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Mazurka for Manhattan | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

...galaxies scattered through the depths of space. Dr. A. C. B. Lovell, head of Jodrell Bank, suspects that they are just as numerous as the visible stars. They may be stars being formed, he speculates, out of interstellar gas. They may be dying stars (black dwarfs) too cool to shed visible light. Or they may be something new and still undreamed of by astronomers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Waves from Space | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

...essential part is a spherical stainless steel tank one foot in diameter. Inside is a water solution of uranyl nitrate which contains 1.9 lb. of fissionable U-235. Water running through a coiled tube keeps the reactor cool, and another tube piercing the sphere gives access to its interior. One big advantage of HYPO is that it is self-regulating. If the chain reaction gets going too fast, the solution heats up and expands, reducing its density and therefore its reactivity. So the reaction slows down automatically until the solution has cooled off. This built-in stability makes HYPO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Water Boiler | 12/4/1950 | See Source »

Such remarks (and that was a long speech for Willie) have built up his reputation as a cool customer both on & off the tracks. Little (4 ft. 9½ in., 102 Ibs.) Willie early learned to handle himself in his own league, at 15 won the 90-lb. boxing and wrestling championships of San Gabriel Valley High Schools. Because of his size, wiry Willie determined to be a jockey, got his first job as an exercise boy on a California ranch three years ago. From the day he brought home his first winner, in April 1949, Willie has made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Be Kind to Horses | 11/20/1950 | See Source »

Twelve members of the Brown band were unceremoniously booed out of the Radcliffe quadrangle last night after a short, impromptu serenade. After the cool reception, the ragged little band retreated playing "Eternal Father Strong to Save...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tootling Bears Booed | 11/18/1950 | See Source »

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