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Word: stops (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Little Willie with a shout Gouged the baby's eyeballs out Jumped on them to make them pop Mamma said, "Now Willie, stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Bloody Mary, Anyone? | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

...Russian possession of an early version of an ICBM, the balance of atomic superiority still lay with the U.S. "The threat of devastation still hangs heavy over the Soviet head, derived from the ring of bomber bases. We know nothing to suggest that Sputnik or anything like it can stop such potential destruction," said a British foreign-policymaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLD WAR: The Beeper's Message | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

...circles c-f the U.S.," he told Timesman Reston, ".are virtually pushing Tur key against Syria. Turkey is even laying bare parts of her frontier with the Soviet Union ... I tell Dulles and [Ambassador Loy] Henderson that it is easy to start a war but far more difficult to stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Dabbling in Chaos | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

...contraceptive pill, doctors have now been swamped with synthetic steroid hormones that work both ways: they will either prevent conception or encourage it, depending on how they are given. The first such product was announced by Chicago's G. D. Searle & Co. (TIME, May 6); this also had stop-and-go power over the menstrual cycle. Last week three drug manufacturers joined the New York Academy of Sciences in sponsoring a Manhattan conference which received progress reports on the varied and potent effects of several "progestagens" (progesterone-like hormones). Outstanding items...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Regulating Pregnancy | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

...severe blood clots in leg veins or arteries, requiring hospitalization and treatment with anticlotting drugs. Dr. Naide's prescription: take a "seventh-inning stretch" by getting up and moving around at least once an hour at TV seances, and for women, take off girdles, which can stop circulation in the thighs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: TV Legs | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

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