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Word: shapely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sound--not a word, but a guttural hissing--and he saw that she had not teeth. The glistening lips came to meet his and attached themselves to him wih a suction stronger than death, and her shawl dropped, revealing no arms, but a long, coiled, viscous body, the tubular shape of a tapeworm, eagerly welcoming him into its embrace...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: The Joker's Motley Garb | 11/7/1957 | See Source »

...Baker." After the Nazis overwhelmed Denmark, Bohr and his wife slipped aboard the fishing boat Sea Star and escaped to Sweden. Eventually he showed up at Los Alamos, the secret New Mexico laboratory where the first atom bombs were taking shape, and where he was known as "Mr. Baker." The Gestapo searched his house in Denmark but found no atomic secrets. He had taken most of them to freedom in a small black bag. They missed his Nobel gold medal too. He had dissolved it in a bottle of acid and put it on a shelf to await reconstitution after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Knight of the Elephant | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

...power earned the money for a brand-new $50,000 field house. After a winning season his first year on the job, Chuck was presented with a new Buick by members of the Eagles' Boosters Club. In '55 and '56 his Buick was still in good shape; so he got a $3,000 bonus while his three assistants divided $3,000 more among themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: High-Power High Schools | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

...difference in weight, he explained, was probably due to the shape and size of the rocket, compared to a sphere with a 23-inch diameter. He added that the weight of the instruments and the dog in the forward section of the cylinder might also total more than the mass of the first satellite...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Whipple Is Calm About Sputnik II | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

There are, however, several complicating factors. "We're in awfully tough shape," says Penn coach Steve Sebo, and that sums up the situation quite accurately. Barney Beringer will be absent from his right end slot and Tony Capuano will not be available for duty at left guard Both were starters against Navy last week...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Penn Win Expected Today; Injuries Sideline Stahura | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

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