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Word: gaps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bohn, a sophomore, led the Varsity to an overtime win against Hofstra, and has filled the gap left when Dub Mallonnee graduated. Unlike many collegiate attackmen, Bohn does not take a pass and immediately attempt to stuff the ball into the nets, but rather waits for the opposing goalie to make the first move...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan, | Title: Varity Lacrosse Team to Meet Ex-College Stars of Boston Club | 4/11/1959 | See Source »

...secret about the awesome difficulties of U.S. intelligence-gathering inside the Soviet Union. Most worrisome dim spot in U.S. intelligence: estimates of Soviet missile production and deployment are based not on knowledge of actual output but on estimates of missile-making "capability." Some subcommittee members found the present intelligence gap even more distressing than the future missile gap of the early 1960s (TIME, Feb. 9), hinted that they would be willing to vote more money for CIA if the Administration asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Intelligence Gap? | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

...Germans are gaining on the British not only in Western Europe but, surprisingly, in Britain's own sterling area as well. The Jan. 1 opening of the six-nation European Common Market-with West Germany in and Britain out-should do more to widen the gap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN EUROPE: Germany in Second Place | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

...would be a slightly larger version of next fall's compact Ford, might be brought out under another name in 1961 if Ford decides to continue producing the standard Edsel. The small Edsel or its counterpart could take the place of cheaper Ford six-cylinder cars, fill the gap between Ford's small car and its more expensive models, e.g., the Fairlane. In 1961 Ford may add a station wagon to its scheduled small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Small-Car Push | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

...approaching on the left, and if she had held her course, she would have passed to the left, as required by rules of the road at sea. Doria's radar should have shown Stockholm to her left also; instead, it showed her to the right. When the gap between the two ships was closing too fast for comfort, each watch officer tried to widen the gap, but since they saw each other on different sides, their best efforts had the worst effect. Stockholm's bow smashed through Doria's side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Trident of Death | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

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