Word: pasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...generous congratulations from Russian scientists came in by phone and cable. Explorer also produced some interesting if unexpected results from the Russians: within four hours after Explorer was in orbit, Moscow telegraphed the International Geophysical Year headquarters in Brussels that data on its own satellites, carefully guarded for the past four months, would be airmailed immediately for all to read...
...stops at the gate. Whatever the weather, there is the bright sight of the silks rounding the turn and the convert-making thunder of thoroughbreds in a charge for the finish. There is also the base and altogether beautiful possibility of swift financial gain. A few hours spent studying past performances, a few dollars wagered wisely are said by some amateur gerontologists to be as healthful as fresh air and sunshine...
...outlandish combinations of foods?potato chips, pickles and ice cream, for example; yet he seldom needs to glance at a jockey's sweatbox. Nor does he need much sleep; no matter how late he bids his date good night, he sits up for an hour or two examining the past-performance charts to prepare himself for the next day in the saddle...
...current for continuous use. Better, said Dr. Lillehei, to attach one electrode to the heart at the time of operation, lead the wire out through the chest incision (the second electrode can still be placed just under the skin), and keep the pacemaker working until the danger is past. The wire then comes out as easily as a drainage tube...
...strike in 1955) that free market prices in London were bid up to 54.6?. "Now," says Kennecott's Cox, "automotive production is down and so are housing starts. Utilities have slowed their expansion programs. Those are our three biggest customers. And there was that price; when it climbed past 40? some of our customers began to bail out. I don't mean to put the blame for that 46? price at everywhere else but this company's door. I went along with the rest. Now we're paying for it." Copper producers are paying...