Word: shots
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dead last going into the first turn at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course, Mrs. Halina Braunstein's three-year-old colt Royal Orbit, a 7-to-1 shot, swung wide at the head of the stretch, put on a great burst of speed, romped home a comfortable four lengths ahead to win the 83rd running of the Preakness Stakes and $136,200 for his joyful owner...
...heart of Raytheon's projected system is an "Amplitron" tube, a chunky object 2 ft. high. The tube transmits as much as 25 h.p. on a beam of 10 cm. waves shot into the air by a dish antenna. A nest of these tubes can be focused at a point about 50,000 ft. up. Some of the beams' energy will wander off into space, but Raytheon scientists believe that a saucer-shaped receiver can capture 35% to 50%. Turned into heat, this energy could drive a gas turbine which would drive the helicopter blades...
...only 5 or 6 mw. sq. cm.-about half the permissible dose for man. So they are perfect for the purpose, and last indefinitely, Dr. Johnson and two Navy medical colleagues report in the United States Armed Forces Medical Journal. Photo flashbulbs can also be used for a one-shot warning: they go off when exposed to still smaller doses of microwave radiation...
Improvement awards were given to Hank Abbot in the shot put, Lee Barnes in the 220 and 440, Dyke Benjamin in the distances, and Art Cahn...
...first period, the Crimson trailed 6 to 1, its lone goal coming on a deliberate pass series that was climaxed by Dave Bohn's successful bounce shot. The score at the half was 1 to 1, and at the end of the third period the varsity trailed...