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Word: roome (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...still think that John Herman Randall Jr. gave one of the best descriptions of Paul Tillich's system-an enlarged naturalism which seeks to make room for the concerns of esthetics, religion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 20, 1959 | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...gravity, placed for one hour in a pressure chamber at a simulated altitude of 65,000 ft., then in a heat chamber (temperature: 130°F.) for two hours. Each was bombarded with a cacophony of piercing noises and incredible high-frequency sounds, also shut into a dark, soundproof room for three hours to measure his adaptability to isolation. Before, during, and after these tests came perhaps the most thorough physical examinations ever devised-plus a total of three doses of castor oil, five enemas. Which was the worst part of the tests? Answered one Astronaut, Marine Lieut. Colonel John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPACE: Rendezvous with Destiny | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...most potent rival for the nomination is Missouri's low-flying Stuart Symington (see below), who will probably fight shy of primaries and hope for a convention compromise. To whip a weakening Humphrey, say Kennedy strategists, would only help Symington by removing Humphrey as a potential smoke-filled-room rival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Campaign Opener | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...Excess of Orders. Stripped of the bulk of its empire, economically and physically sapped by two wars, Britain looks for a way out of its troubles, and finds less room than most for maneuver. As its new budget shows (see below), Britain is more prosperous than at any other time since World War II. Never have more people owned their own homes; there are waiting lists for cars, tailors cannot get enough cutters to meet the tremendous demand for new suits, bookings for expensive continental holidays are the highest ever. Only in the past four years have the British enjoyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Strange British Mood | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...show up at two scheduled press conferences; then she irritated photographers by rarely appearing in public without a newspaper or purse to hide her pretty face. In answer, the papers served up juicy stories of a roaring party in Melbourne, Ava's bitter argument over her hotel room: it was newly decorated, but she insisted that it be done again with expensive English wallpaper. So sore was the Melbourne Truth (circ. 120.000) that it printed a shot of Ava emerging from the surf bedraggled and clutching at her bikini. Headlined the Truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD ABROAD: Solitude, Sweet Solitude | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

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