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Word: tripped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...satisfied until he hears a woman say with pride, "I'm a housewife," can rest at ease. Whenever I go to the store or take the baby to the doctor, etc., I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I'm Frank's wife and Trip's mother. What could be better? I've been wanting to tell the world how proud and happy I am to be a housewife, and here is my chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 17, 1958 | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

...tried, tested rocket team decided to go with the West. They fueled trucks with rocket alcohol and headed south. Von Braun had printed official-looking stickers with the mysterious letters VZBV-standing for some fictional sort of "Special Project Disposition"-which cleared all roadblocks for them. During the trip Von Braun's driver fell asleep at the wheel, the car crashed, Von Braun's left arm was broken and his face gashed (he still has a scar above his lip). Von Braun and Dornberger stayed three weeks in a Bavarian mountain lodge, finally sent Von Braun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPACE: Reach for the Stars | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

...sinuous orbit around the earth's middle, crossing the equator at an angle of about 34° and coming only as far north as Atlanta. At its highest point (apogee), the orbit rises to 1,700 miles above the earth, descending to about 200 miles (perigee). The round trip takes 114 minutes. This is a "safe" orbit, above nearly all the drag of the atmosphere, and higher than the orbits of the Russian satellites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: 1958 Alpha | 2/10/1958 | See Source »

...exercise boy, and I was satisfied. Finally Junie said to me: 'If you ever do ride, your father has to okay the contract. So why don't you drive my car to Pennsylvania and have it signed?' Well, I was tired of listening to him, and I wanted a trip home, so I went and got the contract signed. On the way back I stopped at a dairy bar. I was looking at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and all of a sudden I see I'm named to ride Hal's Play the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bully & the Beasts | 2/10/1958 | See Source »

Absentee Ballot. In Waukesha, Wis., the first prize in a drawing-a one-week plane trip to Florida for two-was won by City Assessor Thomas S. Kilpatrick, who had left the day before for Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 10, 1958 | 2/10/1958 | See Source »

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