Word: thinly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Lower the Faster. As Sputnik entered its second week, there was no evidence that it was losing altitude, but its carrier seemed to be feeling the strain. The carrier is probably a large, empty cylinder with a lot of air resistance for its weight, so the thin air at orbit level takes more energy from it. But as the carrier loses energy to the air, it does not lose speed. It spirals down to a lower orbit and speeds up. The nearer an orbiting body is to the earth, the faster it must move. The earth's natural moon...
Brothers in Law is the thin story of the mis-adventures of Roger Thursby, fresh from barrister school and afflicted with stage fright when he enters a court-room. Roger, played by Ian Carmichael, shares chambers with another fledgling barrister, named Henry Marshall (Richard Attenborough). Together they pursue not only their legal careers, but an upstairs professional model by the improbable name of Sally Smith...
...effort, probably could have fired its own satellite by now. (Last week Project Vanguard put its 72-ft. TV2 launching rocket-see cut-through the third in a series of seven tests.) Contrariwise it was true that the U.S. had lost its lead because, in spreading its resources too thin, the nation had skimped too much on military research and development. Russia's victory in the satellite race proved that the U.S. had not tried hard enough...
Djilas, once a Vice President of Yugoslavia and second only to Marshal Tito in the country's Communist hierarchy, was already serving a three-year sentence imposed last year after he was convicted of "conspiring against the government." In the courtroom Djilas looked thin, but seemed in good spirits and health despite almost a year in jail. The government prosecutor began his case by reading excerpts from Djilas' book. Sample: "the totalitarian tyranny and control of the new class [i.e., the ruling Communist oligarchy] which came into being during the revolution has become the yoke from under which...
...bloody African riots in the days immediately preceding federation, Sir Roy wowed his audience by declaring "I am an African like yourselves. I was born here in Africa." Said one of his audience: "We like Welensky because he is fat and looks like a chief. We do not like thin...