Word: probe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Author Godden, sister of Novelist Rumer (An Episode of Sparrows) Godden, has told her tale with the simplicity of a fable, leaving her readers to probe for themselves the depths she merely suggests. Few will be persuaded by the tale's fatalism, but many may be intrigued by its mystical conception of the path to truth...
...purpose of the Aerobee-Hi is to probe the upper atmosphere during the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. Naval spokesmen deny the persistent rumor that it is being groomed as the second stage of the three-stage rocket that will place the U.S. satellite on its earth-circling orbit...
...with an invitation to Bulganin and Khrushchev, no intention of lowering its guard. With these essential provisos, the President thought it both safe and desirable to send an observer of Nate Twining's caliber to Moscow to cock a practiced eye at the Red jets and, perhaps, to probe into the deceptive chinks of peace...
...Meant to Probe...
...live either down the hall or up the stairs." The closeness, however, does not lead the adviser to oversee the student's affairs. As von Stade explains: "If there is trouble, we expect the advisers to let us know, but if there isn't we expect him not to probe...