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Word: gs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fighter pilot. Yesterday's Mustangs and Thunderbolts, fighting a far lower speed than today's jets, were fast enough so that in tight turns or quick pullouts a pilot was sometimes subjected to more than four times the pull of gravity-in airmen's language, four Gs. And at 4.2 Gs the average man begins to "grey out." Blood drains from his head. His sight begins to blur. At more than five Gs, he may black out completely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Pressurized Pilots | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

...Inspector will be Albert Pariow '54. Other players are Gregg as Mr. Birling, Sarah K. Levy '54 as Mrs. Birling. Danielle G. Holmgren '55 as their daughter, William White GS as their son, and Robert A. Munro '53 as Gerald Croft...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HDC Plans Reading Theatre Production | 2/28/1952 | See Source »

...EVENTS gs CQVER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATIONAL AFFAIRS,WAR IN ASIA,INTERNATIONAL & FOREIGN,PEOPLE,OTHER EVENTS: The President & Congress | 10/29/1951 | See Source »

...Farbrigian, a mean, scraggy man who owns half the town, screeches at the commodore: "You'd better stop mountebanking round this town and clear out as soon as you can . . . There won't be a festival here . . . That's all." Another leading citizen d'gs into the commodore's naval record, finds it a sorry mess, and tries to bullyrag the old boy out of town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Foisting of Farbridge | 3/26/1951 | See Source »

...hearing ended, Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Gs.) said, "I'm going home and draw up a new bill." It is expected that the new version, which he will present to his committee Monday, will include only minor changes, however. The two main provisions against which Conant argued will probably remain in the measure...

Author: By William M. Simmons, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Limited College Deferment, Draft at 18 Urged by Conant | 3/9/1951 | See Source »

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