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Word: swing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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There are also openings for those less interested in the material rewards of a Crimed, when the Crime's doors swing open tomorrow evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Share Spaniel's Track Loot In Crime's Last Competition | 3/16/1953 | See Source »

...Savants know its spring because theses are pretty near due, the Cambridge cops are getting the idea because of the increase in speeding tickets for bright-red convertibles, and Radcliffe realizes it because "Drumbeats" is over and rehearsals are already in full swing for the April plays...

Author: By James M. Storey, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 3/12/1953 | See Source »

...Sperry Gyroscope Co., the Skysweeper is the highest point so far in the development of radar-controlled guns. When the radar is locked to a target, an electronic computer figures out the target's distance, speed, direction and course. It knows all the answers and can swing the gun so that any shell fired from it will intercept the course of the target in midair. The actual firing can be done either automatically-at the rate of 45 rounds a minute-or by one of the crew. The shells have proximity fuses that explode them as soon as they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Electronic Duck Hunter | 3/9/1953 | See Source »

According to Court's calculations, residents of Portland, Me. will shudder in - 28° cold and swelter in 107° heat before another hundred years have passed. New York City's climate will swing between 107° and -16°, while the great plains of the Midwest will reach 115° or higher. Los Angeles, says Court, will have to face an embarrassing 23° chill, but Angelenos can take consolation in the fact that the Florida coast will feel an even colder 9°. Despite the high odds that he is correct, Court, like any experienced weatherman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Odds on the Weather | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

...first year (1949) Adler directed a moderately successful version of the last act of La Bohème. The next year he put on four full operas. As NBC sharpened its camera and directing techniques, the series began pulling in millions of new viewers. Now in full swing, Adler's staff handles its job with professional ease. His biggest trouble: compressing standard stage works into an hour's running time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Opera for Millions | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

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