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Word: errors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...best position for tracking; if the rocket fizzles on the launching pad, another attempt must await the same short period next month. Even if the probe does get off on schedule, the perils of imprecision mount as the vehicle soars closer to the moon. The margin for error at the rendezvous point is about 30 minutes, and the slightest miscalculation in the rocket's fuel mixture could ruin the whole attempt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Reaching for the Moon | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

...CAPTION ERROR RESULTED FROM ABSENCE OF COMPLETE INFORMATION WITH UNDEVELOPED MOSCOW NEGATIVES AS THEY WERE SHIPPED BY AIR TO COPENHAGEN, THENCE TO LONDON. AN ACCOMPANYING NOTE STATING THAT THE NEGATIVES WERE TAKEN DURING THE ANTI-GERMAN DEMONSTRATIONS LED TO AN UNWARRANTED BELIEF THAT ALL NEGATIVES IN THE SHIPMENT WERE RELATED TO THE INCIDENT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 28, 1958 | 7/28/1958 | See Source »

...that another $209,671 worth had "never been used," that neither he nor Mildred Paperman could explain what had happened to an additional $89,000 worth of checks drawn in the 1940s. The bank, said Miss Paperman blandly, has "made mistakes in the past, and these can be an error...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: On the Stand | 7/21/1958 | See Source »

...yearly from Grotto collection boxes and sale of religious books, all used to maintain the buildings.) As for the pious objects, "we cannot suppress bad taste," said Father Gabel. "But we will advise against them, trusting that Lourdes businessmen, like film producers in America, will see the error of their ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Piracy in Piety | 7/21/1958 | See Source »

Lourdes hucksters gave no sign that they saw any such error. In this centennial year, pilgrims are expected to spend more than $190 million on pious objects. Even the smallest shop near the shrine is estimated to be worth almost $200,000 to its owner. Lourdes has now even put hinges on its street signs to reroute traffic through a different area of town every two weeks so as to give each merchant an equal crack at the pilgrims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Piracy in Piety | 7/21/1958 | See Source »

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