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Word: spectaculars (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dive, nursing a slight lead over Mexico's classy Joaquin Capilla. Tobian flipped through a running double-twisting for ward one-and-a-half somersault with such consummate grace that his detractors could only hold him down to a high 19.76 points. Then Capilla soared into an equally spectacular double-twisting forward one-and-a-half and scored enough to win the championship by .03 of a point. A protest from U.S. Diving Coach Karl Michael did not change the result...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: End of the Affair | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

...Houston C Financier Bob Smith (TIME, May 2 1954), guaranteed Jackson and Miles 5% of the new venture's gross. In two years Jackson and Miles leased 285,000 acres in the Wise County area, brought in 110 gas wells and 57 oil wells. They had a spectacular average of ten productive wells for every dry hole, and have drilled on only one-seventh of their leased land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL & GAS: A Word to the Wise | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

Around the World in 80 Days. Producer Mike Todd, with the help of Jules Verne, 46 stars and $6,000,000, has created what is certainly the most spectacular travelogue ever seen on the screen (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Dec. 17, 1956 | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

...Philip D. Reed, whose company is committed to a $500 million expansion program in the next three years, announced last week that the figure was "very much on the conservative side." As predictions of future markets soar, General Electric may well have to boost its original estimate by a spectacular 40%. Said Reed: "There is no leveling off in the need for capital expenditures, and nothing in the picture to suggest any lessening of pressure for new equipment and facilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Only the Beginning | 12/10/1956 | See Source »

Around the World in 80 Days. Producer Mike Todd, with the help of Jules Verne, 46 stars and $6,000,000, has created what is certainly the most spectacular travelogue ever seen on the screen (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Dec. 10, 1956 | 12/10/1956 | See Source »

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