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Word: exhaustable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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When working on rockets in Germany, Von Braun fired a V-2 on a clear day 15 minutes after the sun had set. The stars were already coming out, and as the great rocket climbed upward, the flame of its exhaust diminished to a shining pinpoint and disappeared. Then the rocket broke into the sunlight above the shadow of the earth and gleamed, brilliantly visible, against the darkening sky. He watched it through its full course, like a bright, climbing star, and followed it down again into the shadow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Journey into Space | 12/8/1952 | See Source »

...Exhaust Causes Burn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Ike' Causes Jam in Square; Two Students Hurt in Mob | 10/22/1952 | See Source »

...other reported injury was a knee burn, caused by heat from the exhaust pipe of one of the police motorcycles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Ike' Causes Jam in Square; Two Students Hurt in Mob | 10/22/1952 | See Source »

...paint a passable landscape. But at acting she is a passionate pro. She does more than merely act in a movie: she somehow gives the impression that she has had a hand in writing, directing and cutting the film. She is never satisfied with a scene and will exhaust herself and everyone around her to get it right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Hepburn Story | 9/1/1952 | See Source »

...ended. Soon after Miss Great Lakes II conked out for good with a cracked gear box, Slo-mo IV lost a propeller and also dropped out. On the sixth 3-mile lap, Slo-mo V Driver Lou Fageol knew his boat was a goner: water spewing ominously from the exhaust meant that a cylinder had blown. Detroit's Miss Pepsi won the heat at a speed of 101.0242 m.p.h. in the fastest boat race of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: On Lake Washington | 8/18/1952 | See Source »

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