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Word: moons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...your cover portrait: even if we still can't put any of our hardware on the moon, we may yet have a chance to strike a telling blow for democracy with the world's first green-haired President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LETTERS | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

...excess of Hiroshima size, and the U.S. has only the U.S.S.R.'s word that the shots were nonnuclear. Moreover, with their big-thrust rocket engines, the Russians have the capability of testing nuclear warheads without detection in outer space, getting telemetered results much as they did from their moon shots. "We haven't quite lost this fight yet." said one knowledgeable nuclear scientist. "But we're in the position of having tied one hand behind our back and handed the other guy a ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ATOM: High Price of Suspension | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

...John Lindsay, head of NASA's solar physics program, reported the space agency has a duplicate moon satellite but no rocket...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Atlas Missile Fails in Moon Shot, Crash Strengthens Russians' Lead; Weather Drops Holiday Death-Toll | 11/27/1959 | See Source »

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 26--A towering Atlas-Able rocket plunged into the Atlantic early today in a futile bid to hurl a satellite about the moon...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Atlas Missile Fails in Moon Shot, Crash Strengthens Russians' Lead; Weather Drops Holiday Death-Toll | 11/27/1959 | See Source »

Over the centuries, the pattern hardly changed-until the tides of African nationalism began to lap even at the borders of the Land of the Mountains of the Moon. Though the Belgians never seriously interfered with the old order, the schools they opened gave the Muhutus some new notions about their old masters. In 1957 the Muhutus even formed their own political party. The Watutsis in turn also organized, began badgering Brussels to give them autonomy at once while they still had the Muhutus firmly under their thumb. The last thing they wanted was for Brussels to push through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUANDA-URUNDI: Revolt of the Serfs | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

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