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Word: deeps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cleve land's M. A. Hanna Co. from a foundering hodgepodge of mines and miscellany into a skillfully integrated corporation with holdings worth $250 million. The M. A. Hanna Co. dominates coal and iron mines, ships, banks, chemical plants, a rayon plant, a steel corporation-and is now deep in an enormous ore project in Labrador. Humphrey's exploits made his name magic among the planners and visionaries of U.S. industry, but the public knew him hardly at all. "Business," Humphrey used to say, "is judged by performance and if you perform you don't need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TREASURY: A Time for Talent | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

...honored and eternal Father, in deep humbleness and gratitude we approach thy holy throne in prayer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Words of the Week | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

...heavenly Father, bless richly, we pray thee, thy son and servant who has been chosen by the sovereign people of this great nation to serve as their Chief Executive. Our Father, wilt thou endow him and all of us with a deep spirit of humility and devotion. We know that without thy divine help we cannot succeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Words of the Week | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

...mysteries of the ocean is the long, deep gorges that wind across the continental shelves like submerged river valleys. Oceanographers thought at first that they were really valleys cut by ancient rivers when sea level was lower, and flooded by the rising water when ice-age glaciers melted. This theory went out of fashion when improved sounding methods showed that some of the streamlike channels lead down to the ocean floor itself three miles below the surface. The level of the ocean could never have fallen as low as that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Terrible Turbidity | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

...example-mud and sand get mixed with the water. Since the turbid mixture is heavier than clear water, it flows down the slope, eroding a valley just as a river does on land. This was known to happen in lakes, and many oceanographers believed that the same thing happened deep under the ocean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Terrible Turbidity | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

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