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Word: downe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Two men went down with the tug. The other five crewmen managed to launch the small lifeboat. It, too, soon capsized. The only man who could not swim, Gerald Anderson, 17, managed to crawl athwart the upturned lifeboat. One by one the others lost their grip and went down. An...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Word from the Wise | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

When Chancellor Robert Hutchins announced ten years ago that the University of Chicago was dropping football, Harvard Athletic Director Bill Bingham threw one of the first stones. It was shrewdly aimed at both Chicago football and Chicago's Robert Hutchins, who liked to say that whenever he felt like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Change of Heart | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

On a half-frozen field at the Polo Grounds they put on a stirring show With the poise and precision of a well-trained ballet troupe, they pranced through their T-formation tricks. Tommy Thompson, Greasy's aging quarterback, who admits to 31 but is nearer 34, handled the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Eagles at Work | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Connoisseur Gaits. In the ring, the ringmaster called for a walk and Wing slowed down, though still strutting. Teater gave him a thank-you tap on the head. At the call for the "slow gait," Teater gave a twist on the snaffle rein and Wing moved into a gliding, four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Five Speeds Forward | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Dr. Tsien's rocket liner would be 78.9 ft. long and 8.86 ft. in diameter, with a loaded weight of 96,500 Ibs. It would have small wings and a ramjet as well as a rocket motor. Its maximum speed, 9,140 m.p.h., would carry the ship 1,200...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Rockets Up & Down | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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