Word: thins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...m.p.h. Such speed is not necessary for the test vehicle itself. If it flies at about 9,000 m.p.h. in the thick air of low altitude, its nose will be subjected to as much heating and erosion as if it had plunged at 16,000 m.p.h. into the thin outer fringe of the atmosphere...
...slight figure, with a thin voice, Merk is well known for his precise, factual lectures, lightened by occasional whimsical jokes...
...varsity lacrosse team, its already thin ranks seriously depleted by recent injuries, will face a severe test of stamina this afternoon when it faces the M.I.T. squad at the Tech field. The Engineers' team can hardly be rated powerful, however, and the predicted brea kin the heat wave should work to the Crimson's advantage...
Slow-Won Wisdom. This combination of Islam and West, of Moroccan nationalist with French boules companions, is characteristic of this thin-voiced, soft-eyed man who sits hunched on the edge of his throne almost as if overwhelmed by its high-arching brocaded back. In the turbulent world of emergent Moslem nationalism, Mohammed. 47, is an all but unique example of instinctive moderation surrounded by intemperate ambition. His is a skillful balancing act between tradition, which can become stagnation, and progress, which can become confusion...
...Naval Research Laboratory was to find a surface for the satellite that 1) does not absorb much solar energy, and 2) gets rid of the energy that it does absorb without becoming too hot. When the satellites came from their manufacturer, Brooks & Perkins, Inc. of Detroit, they were thin-skinned magnesium spheres plated with gold. Aluminum is better for reflecting sunlight, but since aluminum will not stick to gold, the gold had to be covered with a thin film of chromium. Aluminum will stick to chromium, but it also mixes with it and loses part of its reflecting power...