Word: modernize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...firing last year, the Hurtling Hubert actually reached Soviet Russia, where its communication system kept running at top speed for eight consecutive hours. It is in constant television contact with the earth. Its fuel supply was developed largely in the mid-1930s, and some scientific circles feel a more modern source of thrust is needed...
...modern application of the early-day pusher-type plane, in which the engine was placed aft of the pilot...
...defy the waves of German bombers boring in on Britain. And ever since the war, on the third Sunday in September, Britain has commemorated The Few with an R.A.F. flypast over London. Traditionally, one Spitfire and one Hurricane have led the way for a formation of the modern jets that have replaced them...
...assassin turned out to be a 43-year-old monk who practices the traditional Ayurvedic (native) medicine-a secret method of treatment with herbs and massage. According to Colombo police, the monk bore a personal grudge against Banda, presumably because of his refusal to rid Ceylon of its modern doctors...
...after a four-week summer "workshop" for planning and the preparation of teaching aids, the Departments of Business, Social Studies, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages, Art, and Music joined the program and are employing the Newton Plan methods in a variety of ways...