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Word: thins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first quarter in 57.5, and the speed that was supposed to steam out Delany threatened to burn up Elliott as well. A Negro youngster collecting hurdles at the trackside watched the runners whisk past and chuckled softly: "Look like those cats think it's the 440. Some-thin's gotta give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Steamed Out | 6/16/1958 | See Source »

Generally, circulation has held steady. But for the first four months of this year, newspaper ad linage was off 7.8% from 1957 figures.*Coming on top of the general postwar rise in production costs, the recession was squeezing tighter yet the thin profit margins of many a publisher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Downhold! | 6/16/1958 | See Source »

...Mann discourages four solids for incoming freshmen "whose grades are not A's and B's and whose IQ tests do not indicate they have at least 'high average' ability. . . . Through counseling, we are interested in urging pupils to do well what they do rather than spread themselves too thin...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: Typical Midwestern High School Seeks Values Outside Classrooms | 6/12/1958 | See Source »

...years in Washington's atom-powered hot seat, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis Strauss, 62, hopes to retire when his current term expires at month's end. In pressing steadily for a strongly armed U.S., in fighting proposals for an agreement with Russia to end nuclear tests, thin-skinned Lewis Strauss has absorbed more needles than a tailor's pincushion. Moreover, his chief needler, New Mexico's Senator Clinton Anderson (TIME, May 19) is scheduled to resume the powerful chairmanship of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy next year, and Strauss believes their feud would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Atomic Fixit? | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

Rendering the captive queens edible requires little culinary art. The ants are toasted in their own fat on thin clay roof tiles over a wood fire, then salted lightly. Since they contain formic acid, a natural preservative, they remain unspoiled in the markets, where they are displayed in large fiber baskets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: Caviar of Santander | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

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