Word: modelled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...asked this appropriation." The University of Manchester is constructing a 250-foot radio telescope in Jodwell-Banks, England, and one almost as large is under construction in Australia. There is an 80-foot radio telescope in the Netherlands. The largest in the United States is a 50-foot model in Washington...
...Astronomer Woolley had also given courage to other conservatives. Said the Spectator's Columnist "Pharos": "I wish the Astronomer Royal had gone a little further and told them to take up model yachting instead. That is a much prettier pastime than dreaming about going to Mars with a goldfish bowl over one's head and a superconcentrated food lozenge under the tongue...
Last week Roman Catholics could study the first full-dress encyclical on the subject in the church's history (title: Musicae Sacrae Disciplina). In it Pius XII held up as model for all devotional singing the "sacred Gregorian Chant . . . a precious treasure that must be carefully maintained and copiously shared with the Christian people." The Pope did not object to instrumental music or modern polyphonic compositions if their character is sacred. But if the "simple, even naive" music of the Gregorian Chant is heard in all Catholic churches, wrote the Pope, "the faithful in every part of the world...
...last year's 300, which won the 1955 national stock-car association championship averaging 127 m.p.h. With two four-barrel carburetors and a 9:1 compression ratio, the 300B engine is rated at 340 h.p., 40 h.p. more than last year, making it the highest-powered production-line model in the industry. Price: $3,997. The Fury, which uses basically the same shell as the two-door Plymouth hardtop, but is an inch lower and has a 240 h.p. V-8 engine, instead of the regular 200 h.p. engine...
Chevrolet this week brought out a new model of its Corvette in an attempt to overtake Ford's Thunderbird, which outdistanced all competitors with 16,000 units in 1955. The 1956 Corvette still sports a plastic body, but boosted horsepower 15% to 225 h.p. Optional: a power-operated top and a floor-mounted manual shift (instead of Powerglide...