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Word: durin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stapp, the careful scientist, recorded every novel sensation. He felt the risin; storm of the wind against his body, am the terrible thrust of the rockets. Durin; the five seconds that they burned, they accelerated the sled with a force of 7½ to 9 Gs,* pressing him back against the sea with 7½ to 9 times the weight of his body For about 2½ seconds he could see the track as a racing blur. Then his vision narrowed and blacked out altogether. Since he did not lose consciousness, he knew that the Gs had drained the blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Salmon-Colored Blur | 1/10/1955 | See Source »

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