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Word: quiverings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ominous "explosion on Mars" was reported throughout the world's press and stirred many an uneasy quiver. Some nervous folks thought of the hydrogen bomb and wondered whether the Martians had "got it" before the U.S. or even before the Russians. Others remembered that in H. G. Wells's War of the Worlds, the first sign of the interplanetary invasion was great explosions on Mars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Explosion on Mars | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

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