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Word: maneuverability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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But should the South fail, it will face either the liberal Democrats or the unsympathetic Republicans. Neither prospect is very comforting to Southerners. A third party movement represents a desperate maneuver on the part of the embattled South. It would be a dangerous procedure, and failure could mean the end...

Author: By C. Pone, | Title: Southern Discomfort | 4/10/1959 | See Source »

As every trumpeter well knows, to sustain a note of clarity, volume and high pitch through 53 inches of drawn-brass tubing requires the lung power of a bull moose and the finesse of a brindled gnu. What few trumpeters know is that while tootling they approximate the effects of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Inflated Trumpeter | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

In its drive to bewitch and bother the West, the Kremlin is moving in more directions at once than fire in a hay barn. The latest Soviet maneuver: a determined trafficking with Western Europe's opposition Socialists.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOCIALISTS: The Flexibles | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

The problems she does encounter come from her very speed. Noise caused by water passing rapidly over the ship's skin and control surfaces can play hob with delicate sonar gear. The Skipjack's forward planes (used to raise or lower the bow during underwater maneuvers) are a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Whale of a Boat | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

Almost as a side thought, Nikita Khrushchev interrupted his word war for Berlin to threaten the Shah of Iran for "insulting" the Soviet Union. The effect was no side issue in Teheran. In a misconceived maneuver during negotiations for Iran's new bilateral agreement with the U.S., the Shah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Huff from the North | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

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