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Word: steers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Courthouse, the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security began an investigation of U.S. subversives in the United Nations Secretariat. Senator O'Connor, a Maryland Democrat, the Committee's acting chairman, said the probe would be "solely to safeguard the internal security of the United States." The Committee, he promised, would steer clear of any interference in U.N. affairs...

Author: By Michael O. Finkelstein, | Title: Plate Glass and Politics | 2/18/1953 | See Source »

...seeker itself will probably move into the guided-missile field. It can be made to measure the light that is emitted from lower levels of the atmosphere. By keeping headed toward this light, it can steer a high-flying missile on a steady horizontal course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Sun-Seeker | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

Matching his point score against the all-round cowpokes who also compete in calf roping, steer wrestling and saddle-bronc riding. Tompkins then outclassed the field for all-round honors with 30.935 points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Self-Made Cowboy | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

...place to farm weekends and to erect a hedge against further inflation. Many of the sellers were estates or farmers overwhelmed by a lush offer far in excess of their property's value as a working enterprise. The one exception: big ranches in the Western grasslands, where steer prices have dipped about 7? a pound, now bring 20% less than a year ago. Farm real estate men like Don W. Reed of Painesville, Ohio thought farm prices would continue upward in 1953, but at a slower rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REAL ESTATE: Past the Peak? | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

...Steer your beau away from Mt. Auburn street into the distinctive but discreet. Plaid is in taste, with reservations, or throttle his reticence with a sports shirt of grey, blue-grey, green-grey, or flesh--add a string tie. If he's still bashful get him to try a blue suit with a white collar, open at the neck, and a pin-stripe blue shirt. Hide everything under a rumpled macintosh for the final surprise...

Author: By George S. Abrams, Erik Amfitheatrof, and Joy Willmunen, S | Title: Alcohol Craze Upsets F allFashions With Chic 'Dress to Drink' Spree | 10/23/1952 | See Source »

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