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Word: ello (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Ello" for "Aul." Now as a third and final team finishes the 45-day exercise in underwater living, the aquanauts are busy with the last of 47 scheduled experiments. They are setting up mining equipment and collecting biological samples, examining the gas in fish bladders, and squirting clam juice into the water to see what species of marine life it attracts. As one of their most spectacular tasks, they are trying to salvage a submerged fighter plane by filling it with polyurethane foam and floating it to the surface...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oceanology: Deep Thoughts | 10/8/1965 | See Source »

...reason quickly that became known as "the Sealab effect." In the helium-filled atmosphere of the capsule, sounds took some weird twists, and it was often hard to tell which direction a voice was coming from. Consonants got lost in the thin air. Paul became "aul" and Jell-O "ello.' "Every time someone opened his mouth," said Carpenter, "the rest of us were in hysterics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oceanology: Deep Thoughts | 10/8/1965 | See Source »

...Ello," quoth the Beetle. "This is John, speaking with is voice." You could have fooled the 155 Beatle fan clubs in the U.S., but their 20,000 members faithfully wore out the "little bit o' plastic" record that the Beatles sent their fans free for Christmas. Meanwhile, back in London's Odeon Theater, the furry foursome made their first onstage scene since Ringo had his tonsils clipped. Surprise again. This time the mops were all covered up with Eskimo gear. But everybody knew who they were the minute they cranked up to shoot down Rudolph, the Red-Nosed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 8, 1965 | 1/8/1965 | See Source »

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