Word: tensely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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I have been a faithful reader of TIME for many years . . . but I was sadly disappointed lately . . . and so I feel were many of your readers. The month of April 1955 was marked by three momentous events: Churchill's retirement, Dr. Salk's achievement and Einstein's...
Early Life: Raised in poverty, he turned his family's millstone at the age of seven, but unlike most village children, learned the three Rs. As a teenager, Tito planned to emigrate to the U.S., where tens of thousands of Croats settled between 1890 and 1913. Instead, he got...
A transmitting tower had to be raised in the Truman backyard. Miles of wire were strung into and around the twelve-room, 89-year-old house, and a small army of CBS technicians scurried about in its hallways. Four TV cameras were rolled into the building. The principals were wired...
In addition, there are machine, electric and sheet metal shops, and a wood-working mill. A key shop, which makes thousand of keys each year, contains a copy of every one of the keys in the University--estimated in the tens of thousands, is located on the second floor. "A...
Highlight of the first-boat race was Dunster's beautiful closing sprint. Trailing the pack with half a mile remaining, the Funsters took power tens and raised the stroke as they eased past Lowell, Kirkland, and finally Eliot. Three feet separated the two crews as they crossed the finish line...