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Word: hitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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brain . . . You hit him with an album of Hindemith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Cool, Cool Bards | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

...kept trying to cut the number down to three, but Impresario Kelly held firm, and eight it was. She opened with a Mozart aria from The Abduction from the Seraglio, which she did in harsh, mediocre style. With two arias from Bellini's I Puritani, Callas hit her stride, rippling down her famed arpeggios, her tone pure and vibrant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Callas in Dallas | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

...satellite is a sitting duck. Its motion on its orbit can be predicted precisely, days in advance if necessary. So if any kind of satellite makes itself objectionable to a nation that it passes over, a defending rocket can be shot up 'to meet it. A direct hit by the rocket would not be necessary. When it reaches the satellite's orbit, its warhead could explode into thousands or hundreds of thousands of tiny artificial meteors, any one of which packs enough energy to do a job on the satellite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Defending Meteors | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

...electrical and differential systems, operating pistons and fan belt-130 parts in all for a parent to help assemble. For the medieval set, there is a pair of remote-control jousting knights ($15.00) that charge each other with lances, light the winner's plume when a shield is hit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Challenge for Parents | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

Crash-Proof Meter. A parking meter that swivels on a ball-joint base when hit by a car was developed by Marwin Products of Spokane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Products, Dec. 2, 1957 | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

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