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Word: gripping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first he slows down gradually because the thin air has little grip on him, but as soon as he reaches the denser air below 200,000 ft., he runs into the painful gravity increase caused by deceleration. This may rise to the dangerous figure of 7 Gs. It may rise even higher if the pilot's capsule has so little air resistance that it gains considerable speed from the pull of the earth before it slams against dense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Rocket Bail-Out | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

Because of a foot injury, Bob Rittenburg star hurdler, broad jumper, and all around point-getter, will probably be unable to challenge Harrison Dillard's six-year grip in the 45-yard high hurdles in the Knights of Columbus Annual Track Meet tomorrow night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Howe to Run 500 in K of C; Rittenburg Unable to Hurdle | 1/15/1954 | See Source »

...Soviet about-face was one more sign that Joseph Stalin's successors are capable of a surprising indecisiveness in foreign affairs. Just a month before, the Communists slammed the door on a four-power conference, then suddenly opened it again, clumsily recovering their grip on the doorknob...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLD WAR: Yes, No or Maybe | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

...this respect the Hasty Pudding differs much from the Society as it existed in the 1890's, and indeed from the final club in most eras. It was in the '90s that nation-wide fraternities were losing their grip on College chapters. The local groups wanted more independence; the national organization, more control. Throughout the 1890s' clubs were detaching themselves from the fraternity system. Porcellian and A.D., which had broken off from the Harvard chapter of Alpha Delta Phi, were joined by other final clubs. Another fraternity effort to refound Alpha Delta Phi terminated in the Phli and finally...

Author: By Arthur J. Langgutlr, | Title: Eleven Final Clubs: From Pig To Bat | 12/9/1953 | See Source »

...bloomers and encase it in a tight suit. But Zehntbauer's suits have rarely gone to extremes; with hidden tricks and elastic yarn, they have been designed to help the female form as much as reveal it. By thus keeping his suits "conservative," he has a firm grip on an estimated 25% of the U.S. market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: In the Swim | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

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