Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...curtailment of trade would wreck the Communist economy, for the East-West volume is not that large. But the Communist bloc still depends largely upon Western Europe for much of the heavy machinery it needs to expand and industrialize, and if this supply were cut off, it would effectively limit these possibilities for the Russians...
...then the twelve-hour time limit on the Anglo-French ultimatum had nearly expired. Spectators were turning uneasily to the Council chamber's big wall clock. Russia's Sobolev proposed a watered-down resolution calling upon Israel and Egypt to cease fire. Once again, Britain and France vetoed...
...Blount Jr. of Denver suggested in the A.M.A. Journal. They found that hypothermia extends to eight minutes the time during which the heart can be stopped without damage to the brain. They hope to improve the method to cover heart operations that cannot yet be performed within that time limit...
...engines will go up another 45 h.p. to 300 h.p. on all models except the low-priced Special series, which gets a 25-h.p. boost to 255 h.p. One new gadget: a "safety minder" buzzer, which can be set to remind drivers when they hit the speed limit...
...liked, and I frequently drank steadily for nine or ten hours at a time ... I believe I have learned a lot while I have been drinking with friends, just as most of us may say we have learned a lot in sleep. There is, however, a recognizable limit to what may be learned by means of drinking." Furthermore, he adds, "I squandered a great deal of money that I earned as a writer and I lost a lot of it gambling." As a result, "I am head over heels in debt. I expect to get out of debt by writing...