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Word: polese (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Glass fiber wool is used as insulating and soundproofing material, because it will not shrink, rot or absorb moisture; it goes into practically all refrigerators, ranges, water heaters, trucks and cars. Glass textiles are used for wiring insulation and as curtains and drapes. Three years ago a glass fishing rod...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: The Glass Scramble | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

"Each compound," says one high-ranking officer, "seethes with intrigue-half figuring ways to escape, the rest pressure groups fighting each other. Killings? Plenty of them. The victims are usually beaten to death with tent poles." So far, on Beggars' Island, some 30 or 40 prisoners have been murdered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ENEMY: Beggars' Island | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

As the starter tapped her on the back, she was off, pushing furiously with her ski poles to gain the speed she would have to check, moments later, with a swivel-hip turn. She swept down the dizzying de scent with the verve and hell-for-leather dash of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: She Skis for Fun | 1/21/1952 | See Source »

Three thousand feet below, terrace on terrace, lay the storybook village of Grindelwald, famed as a skier's paradise. The girl whose level, blue-grey eyes surveyed this prospect may or may not have been awed by the majesty of the view. What she said was reverent, appreciative, American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: She Skis for Fun | 1/21/1952 | See Source »

The Poles Got Orders. Fortunately, King Coal's tyranny knows no Iron Curtain. Gross coal output is rising, especially in Red Poland, which has replaced Britain as Europe's No. 1 exporter (31 million tons in 1950). But the Russian war machine gulps more coal and steel than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: Coal Is the Tyrant | 1/14/1952 | See Source »

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