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Word: rolled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Slow neutrons," by one of those paradoxes which are common in atomic physics, make better bullets than fast neutrons for creating artificially radioactive substances. Having no electrical resistance to fight against, a slow neutron simply sidles up to an atom and "falls" into the nucleus-much as a slowly rolling golf ball drops into the cup whereas a faster one may roll by. Capture of a neutron makes an overweight, unstable atom which spits out particles or radiation or both. Fermi's slow neutrons have induced this kind of radioactivity in more than 40 elements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Neutron Man | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

...School students, acting on behalf of their colleague, Frederic B. Dailey 3L, won a skillful fight against the Cambridge Board of Elections yesterday, when Supreme Court Justice Qua ordered that a writ of mandamus be issued to enlist the plaintiff on the election roll...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COURT RULING WILL LET LAW STUDENTS VOTE IN CAMBRIDGE | 11/3/1938 | See Source »

Mendel scored early in the first period, but the next two periods were marked by a weak Crimson defense which allowed the engineers to roll up 3 goals before the end of the half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOCCER VARSITY VANQUISHES TECH 4 TO 3 | 11/3/1938 | See Source »

...field. The Green team made a mere five yards through the stone wall Harvard defense, and elected to kick on the fourth down. The kicker was rushed, and he lifted the ball high in the air only to have it fall on the line of scrimmage. A back roll put it five yards behind the line when a Crimson man jumped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Jayvees Repel Big Green 6-0 in Close Win | 10/22/1938 | See Source »

Dealing with the story of an American woman who predominates a roll in the hay with Lord Howe so that Washington's troops may receive support and retreat, Lewis Meltzer's play meanders through two dull acts, rears its head for a final gasp in the third, and then dies a miserable death...

Author: By V. F. Jr., | Title: The Playgoer | 10/20/1938 | See Source »

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