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Word: pound (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stoico, a stocky 200-pound junior, was practically B.U.'s entire offense yesterday. In addition to his home run, the first baseman drove in his team's other run in the second inning with a one out single...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Stoico's Home Run Defeats Varsity Nine, 3-1, Yesterday | 4/15/1954 | See Source »

Coach Lee Rouner's varsity 150-pound crew, preparing for its season-opener against M.I.T. April 24, christened a new shell yesterday afternoon in honor of retired crew coach H. Herbert "Bert" Haines...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 150 lb. Crew Honors Haines, Gets New Shell | 4/14/1954 | See Source »

Evenly balanced with four seniors, two juniors, and three sophomores, the Crimson 150-pound crew faces a tough schedule: after weak Tech, they face Dartmouth May 1, then Princeton and Yale for the Goldthwait Cup the next week. The 150-pound season closes at Princeton May 15 with the Eastern Association Rowing Championship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 150 lb. Crew Honors Haines, Gets New Shell | 4/14/1954 | See Source »

Some policemen qualify to be detectives; others must pound the beat. Last week's most celebrated cop on the beat: wealthy, epicurean Private G. David Schine, McCarthy's former investigator and present source of embarrassment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Words & Music | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

...isotope (7.9% of the total) is not hard to separate. Deuterium is found in nature as about 1/5,000 of the hydrogen in water. As nuclear prices go, it is cheap and easy to obtain. Measured by its explosive effect, lithium-six deuteride is cheap indeed. One pound, if all of it reacts, has the explosive effect of 23,000 tons of TNT. Any desired amount can be used in a single bomb. Twenty-two tons of it, efficiently fired, would be equivalent in explosive force to one billion tons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: THE MAKING OF THE H-BOMB | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

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