Word: outwards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...eerie silence descends as each even day draws to a close. Only an occasional nervous laugh betrays the outward calm of the courageous but tense villagers. They know that, come morning, the fickle, deadly torture from the mainland will begin again with rumble of cannon and flash of fire...
...defense against passes and end sweeps, which in recent years have becom almost chronic Crimson weaknesses. Once thwarted in the middle of the line, Tufts sent a few feelers around the flanks but was quickly discouraged in this line of attack by the varsity's ends, who reacted outward nicely, keeping themselves between the sideline and the ball carrier...
...likely to change depth charges considerably. There is little point in making them bigger; nuclear charges fall no faster than others and are more expensive. But a curious discovery is that more energy may be released when a sphere is collapsed under water than when it is blown outward against pressure. To measure this, Navy scientists once sent a 6-in.-diameter hollow ball 3,500 ft. to the bottom. Collapsed by a spring trigger when it hit, it exploded with as much force as a "sizable" charge...
...George's Fields, 50,000 strong. After a speech by Gordon, they marched eight abreast to Parliament to demand repeal of the Relief Act, and an onlooker noted that they "had long lank heads of hair, meagre countenances . . . and they uttered deep ejaculations; in short, displaying all the outward and visible signs of hypocrisy and starvation...
...Restyling is widespread (at a total cost of $750 million). Main points: The fins win; they stay, flaring upward and outward. Chrome will be a little less glittering, and hung on cars stretching wider, lower and longer than any before. ¶ The horsepower race is apparently over; increases will be generally small. ¶ That much talked about "Detroit small car?" At least a year away, though there may be a push on six-cylinder economy models...