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Word: native (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week the Air Force announced that it has developed and tested two rockets that are really guided. One, the NATIV (North American Test Instrument Vehicle), is a small contraption 13 feet long, designed for high-speed aerodynamic studies. The other, the 774, looks like a formidable weapon (see cut). It is 32 feet long (the V-2 was 45 feet long), and, says the Air Force, "is potentially capable of attaining altitudes of more than 100 miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Guided at Last | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

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