Word: mil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gordon reasoned, might mean "cumulative total," and the Akkadian word for that was kitmuru. Since the Akkadians did not distinguish between the o and u sounds, to could be tu, and lo or ro could be hi or ru. Then Y becomes ki, and X, mil, to make kitumuru...
...digging through the permafrost (in some places 75 ft. deep) to get at the gold, iron, coal, copper, nickel, uranium, titanium, magnesium and bauxite have laid the foundations of a series of vast industrial enterprises. To develop this industry, the Soviet Union now needs the skills and crafts of mil lions of willing, i.e., voluntary, workers, and agricultural producers to feed them...
Cohen will anchor the shuttle hurdle team to Carter, Art Martin, and Robertson. McCurdy will probably enter his top mile relay of Robertson Jim Cairns or Al Wills, French Anderson, and anchorman Dick Wharton. Morris, Williams, Reider, and Wilson will form the two-mil relay and Mayo, Carter, Greer, and Bruck will...
Military Science 1b, a course in American military history, will be given by Dupuy, and 4b is actually Government 159, Government and Defense, taught by Samuel P. Huntington, assistant professor of Government. Mil. Sci. 2b has been tentatively set as a course in the history of civic-military relations, to be taught by the history department...
...worst storms on earth are tornadoes, and most tornadoes hit the U.S.: 5,204 in 35 years (1916-50), killing 7,961 people and causing $476 mil lion in damages. History's worst, the Tri-State tornado of 1925, killed 689 people in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A single storm front can create several tornadoes, each whirling furiously for a few fearsome miles. Sometimes the roaring black vortex stays harmlessly in the sky; when it dips to earth, the impact can dig a crater...