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Word: feets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...major difficulty in the way of Harvard's eighth House was removed yesterday, when the Cambridge Board of Appeals obligingly waived a city housing regulation requiring a minimum ceiling height of eight feet for all rooms in dwelling houses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Board of Appeals Permits Low Ceilings in New House | 10/23/1957 | See Source »

...this time, the abstruse speeches had tired the audience, and the M.C. felt it was time for relaxation. Two little children clad in green arose to tap dance, and picked their feet up in a most entertaining fashion. A husky man arose, looked around at the speakers, and warbled, "You can tell from the blarney that he's from Killarney," while the ladies whispered, "Oh, he's handsome," and the men grunted, "Now on this building deal over the Charles River...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: Smoke-Filled Room | 10/22/1957 | See Source »

...live in Africa from mid-November to May. They are making the last of six expeditions to the Bushmen who live in the Kalahari desert. The scientists are especially interested in the Kung tribe, and they have already made records of native scenes, music, and language on 250,000 feet of colored motion picture film and hundreds of feet of tape recordings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Science Expedition Goes to Africa To Record Bushmen on Film, Tape | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

...Offal. When the conference chair man rang a bell to signal the end of his speech, Hailsham ebulliently seized it, crying: "Ring it much more loudly! Let it ring for victory!" As 4,000 Tories came to their feet cheering, he slowed it to a solemn pace, saying: "Toll it solemnly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Chubby Orator | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

High-powered telescopic cameras soon to go into operation will pinpoint the flying satellite within a few feet of distance and a few milliseconds of time. Then its orbit can be tracked with enough precision to observe the effect of variations in the earth's gravitation. The satellite's radio signals (even without the key of the code) will be useful in studying the electrified layers in the upper atmosphere. Non-Russian scientists may even learn a little about the density of the air at orbit altitude, by clocking how fast the satellite loses energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Sputnik's Week | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

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