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Word: lensed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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When British Surgeon Harold Ridley took the daring step of implanting a tiny plastic lens inside the eye of a patient operated on for a cataract (TIME, Feb.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: New Lenses for Old | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

But he also took in hand Johnson's own powerful .300 Magnum rifle with a telescopic sight and brought down a ten-point buck deer, at 309 paces, with a bullet right through the heart. Exulted Democrat Johnson: "The best deer killed in this part of the country this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 5, 1955 | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

The African Lion (Disney; Buena Vista), the third of Walt Disney's full-length True-Life Adventures, does not sing a song of biology as stirringly as The Living Desert, but it is still one of the best movies ever made about Africa. With able use of the telephoto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 26, 1955 | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

The Caine was a story of action and adventure; Marjorie is a love story, and beyond that, a girl's quest for her own identity. The Caine was a clear-eyed account of life aboard a destroyer-minesweeper in World War II; Marjorie is a clear-eyed and warmhearted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Wouk Mutiny | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

Back came confirmation and congratulations on finding the sixth new comet of the year. Amateurs Macfarlane and Krienke were making no plans to turn pro. Nevertheless, Macfarlane last week bought a 10-in. lens, planned to put together a bigger telescope to replace his old $150 eight-incher. "It'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Through the Looking Glass | 8/1/1955 | See Source »

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