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Word: motions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rocket's flight to Venus, not the direction of the takeoff. Since the earth moves 18.5 m.p.s. and the rocket is fired in the opposite direction at 8 m.p.s., the net speed of the rocket is 10.5 m.p.s. in the direction of the earth's motion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 18, 1946 | 11/18/1946 | See Source »

...just like old times. Delegate Kenneth Brown, president of the Fishermen's Protective Union, jumped to his feet, roared his opposition with such vigor that he collapsed and had to be carried out. When just about every delegate had had his say, the convention voted, rejected the confederation motion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Join the U.S.? | 11/18/1946 | See Source »

...subjects assumed that the book board would have the same high critical standards as the Memphis Board of Motion Picture Censors which turned thumbs down on Brewster's Millions because Negro Comedian Rochester had an important role, excised scenes from the Ziegfeld Follies of 1946 which involved Negro Actress Lena Horne, and banned The Outlaw, starring sexy Jane Russell, because of "too much shooting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TENNESSEE: Protector | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

...complete absence of a coordinated Russian area study at Harvard appears today to be the result of a short nap taken by University planners over a year ago. While other colleges moved early and fast to get a program centering around the-most-talked-about nation into motion, plans here are still in the drawing board stage and there is yet no promise that the important hole will be plugged by next fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Rush in Russian | 11/7/1946 | See Source »

...Dartmouth attack which Harvard will face on Saturday emanates from the "T", and has all the trappings--flankers, men in motion and laterals--that the Rutgers eleven employed against the Varsity. Although the Green has dropped four successive contests, they are expected to be hard to beat on their home field, and possess dangerous backs in Con Pensavalle, the team's best passer, fullback Tom Douglas, the captain and Larry Bartnick who had a field day at the Stadium...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Varsity Works on Passing, Defense in Practice Session | 11/6/1946 | See Source »

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