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Word: nothingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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By the Calendar. Last week the village of Kukang was only a memory. Nothing was left of it except the public well. Next to the well stood the ruins of the ancient temple that served Kukang's 180 families. In the rubble of shattered homes, the villagers had found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: QUEMOY: The Odd Days | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

The regular policemen who were herded into the caravan of trucks one night last week knew nothing of their assignment: they were simply told that they were being moved out into the country. But as the trucks drove through the streets of Accra, the officers in charge would order them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GHANA: Uproot the Enemy | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

Nothing but Eloquence. If a mishap occurs at altitudes higher than 20 miles, no ordinary escape capsule is likely to survive the heat and shock of return to the lower atmosphere. Besides a parachute, it should have wings of a sort, plus rocket propulsion so that the crew can choose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Space Rescue | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

Bill Austin (Rutgers) was just another promising football player when he graduated from Scotch Plains (N.J.) high school, but blossomed under the Rutgers single wing into a one-man wrecking crew. Apparently nothing more than a straightaway runner, he has deceptive change of pace, is the nation's second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hail the Halfbacks | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

The voice is pure, rich and carries the haunting, dusky legato that still echoes the New Orleans of 40 years ago. It growls through the classic wails of Special Delivery Blues, Mighty Rumbling Blues, St. Louis Blues. In the upper register it is nothing more than a hoarse squeak; but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGHTCLUBS: A Gasser | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

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