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Word: mins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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PHASE 1: lying horizontally under a protective shelter, the missile has its electronic components checked out. This takes 4 min...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: KEY TO EXISTENCE | 8/8/1960 | See Source »

...leisurely breakfast at sea on the way in and drink cocktails on the long voyage home. "It's so much fun that we may go right on commuting by sea after the strike is over," says he. The big drawback is the travel time: 2 hr. 35 min. v. an hour on the train...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: The Resourceful Commuter | 8/1/1960 | See Source »

...Chris von Saltza, 16, a seasoned, polished veteran and the chief U.S. Olympic hope in the shorter freestyle distances, who first thrashed to a new U.S. record of 1 min. 1.6 sec. in the 100-meter freestyle, returned to crack another in the 400-meter freestyle (4 min. 46.9 sec.), broke a third by swimming the 200-meter freestyle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Five in the Pool | 7/25/1960 | See Source »

...Lynn Burke, 17, a backstroke specialist from Santa Clara Swim Club, who broke two world records on successive days: in the 200-meter backstroke, pushed by Teammate Von Saltza, Lynn hit 2 min. 33.5 sec., a full 3.6 sec. faster than the world mark set by Japan's Satoko Tanaka earlier this year; in the loo-meter backstroke, she clocked an equally astonishing time-1 min. 10.1 sec., knocking nine-tenths of a second from the world mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Five in the Pool | 7/25/1960 | See Source »

...Warner, 16, another Santa Clara star, pretty and blonde, who won the 200-meter breaststroke by 7.5 sec., set a new U.S. record of 2 min...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Five in the Pool | 7/25/1960 | See Source »

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