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Word: pilings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...while receiving the presently less-advanced U.S. weapons already in production. They hope that this ground-to-air missile system will eventually replace R.A.F. manned fighters. On the seas, carrier task forces supported by light cruisers will comprise the fleet as the heavy cruisers are retired to the scrap pile...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: Britain and the Bomb | 4/10/1957 | See Source »

While a few performers struggled over a balky bit of dialogue, the rest of the cast, chorus and crew quit rehearsal for a break. Cigarettes glowed. Wax paper from sandwiches rustled on bare metal chairs. A percolator murmured on a hot plate next to a pile of coffee-stained script books. Six white mice napped in a bird cage in the temporary quiet of Cinderella's kitchen. "They've grown so fast during rehearsal," a prop man said, "that we'll have to get new ones for the show." A bruised plaster pumpkin sat in front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Rear View | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

Noon to Night. After the first wild clamor for polio vaccine when it was released two years ago, few seemed to care when, last summer, unused supplies of the vaccine started to pile up. Most doctors did little to persuade adults that they should get the same shots as their children, injected the vaccine in their offices at standard fees. The turning point came in January, when the American Medical Association - which had been notably unenthusiastic about free or cut-rate inoculations - finally urged its members to develop mass-inoculation programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: New Polio Campaign | 3/18/1957 | See Source »

Heckscher, the defending Intercollegiate champion and seventh ranked player in the United States, is top seeded and will undoubtedly sweep to his second straight title with little difficulty. This alone will pile up many points for the Crimson in team scoring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heckscher Seeded First As Court Tourney Begins | 3/8/1957 | See Source »

...other Class A games, Dudley forfeited to Leverett and Winthrop routed Lowell in the second half to pile up a 55-53 victory. Lowell scored only three baskets in the second half, all by center Daev Ross...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Quintets, Hockey Teams Meet | 3/5/1957 | See Source »

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