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Word: spins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Less spectacular but not less important gadgets measure the performance of fabrics, plastics, ceramics, alloys and an endless assortment of the electrical nerves and senses that proliferate through modern aircraft. Helicopter rotors spin in test cells that look like oil storage tanks; wind tunnels roar and rumble, solving the endless problems of aerodynamics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: PIONEERS IN SPACE-AIR FORCE SCIENTISTS FACE THE UNKNOWN | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

...remarks explain the white man's attitude toward the Negro, the "Other Side" seldom understood amid the "quivering emotion" and "finger-shaking" of the Yankee liberal. He states that he is "convinced of the basic evils of white supremacy" and "the equality of all races." He proceeds, however, to spin a web of selective evidence to show how the Southern white is justified in his own eyes (and in the eyes of "intelligent" people generally) in keeping the Negro down, for the time being at least...

Author: By Steven R. Rivkin, | Title: On the Other Hand | 12/16/1955 | See Source »

...week. One of the first things he did was to start Wilt reading Helen Keller's The Story of My Life "to develop his sense of feel and touch." Phog's current project: teaching Wilt finger manipulation, how to put English on the ball, how to spin it in from all angles when he is jammed in the bucket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wilt the Stilt | 12/12/1955 | See Source »

...single-wing also, but the Caldwell version is similar to Jordan's only in that they have the same name. Harvard relies for the most part on the power-play--the smash up the middle or off tackle, using little deception. Princeton uses a buck-lateral sequence, a fullback spin series, and a whole cluster of deceptive, crowd-appealing plays...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Princeton Eleven Favored to Defeat Crimson In 48th Renewal of Big Three Series Today | 11/5/1955 | See Source »

...goodhearted scientist who has discovered a mildly radioactive substance called Taurum while experimenting with gold at an atomic pile. Taurum turns into a crop multiplying wonder drug when applied to the soil. And John Henry, in search of more gold to convert, is soon in a head-whirling spin on the Washington merry-go-around. Author Alfred (Raising a Riot) Toombs's hot-weather farce hilariously ribs and roams the nation's capital, from cocktail binges to congressional investigations. The underlying moral, if there is one, is that the national sense of humor is a standard of sanity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pay Dirt | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

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