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Word: lesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Perhaps if Mr. Kintner spent less time crouching before sponsors, he might not "find it difficult to be philosophical." Possibly he would discover a first principle to give desperately needed direction and purpose to the headless monster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 7, 1959 | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

NASA Administrator T. Keith Glennan complains about Congress' "crippling" cuts in NASA funds. But in fact Congress trimmed NASA funds in the current fiscal year by less than 6%-from $530 million to $500 million-and Glennan helped bring on that cut himself when he argued at a congressional hearing that extra funds could not speed up U.S. space progress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPACE: We're in Trouble | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

...waves which are very similar to those of an earthquake. The experts concluded that a control system of 180 stations equipped with seismographs would be adequate to detect with "good probability" explosions of five kilotons or more. Such a system could also spot tests of smaller extent but with less reliability...

Author: By Michael Churchill, | Title: Another Step | 12/2/1959 | See Source »

...Other, less important, complications would also arise in the conflicting interests between an amateur college football team and a recently organized professional team. The tax-free status of the University property may be questioned, if not eliminated. Students may be deprived of using the whole Soldiers Field plant on certain days. The pros may need practice space on the already crowded property. Involved procedure might be required to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages, as much a part of pro football as two-way radios...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard and the Professionals | 12/2/1959 | See Source »

...returning, the defense is the most experienced unit on the team. Bob Anderson, among the most proficient checkers in the league, Greg Downes, extremely aggressive, and a healed captain Mike Graney give Weiland reason to relax. Graney, laid up periodically last year with a wrenched back, has more or less recovered...

Author: By Alexander Finley, | Title: Sophomores, Spirit Spark Improved Crimson Sextet | 12/2/1959 | See Source »

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