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Word: trough (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they fade over where he is sitting, and brighten at the loading zone he is supposed to take. (If he is dozing and does not get the hint, the old-fashioned public address system still pours in over him.) Jetliners nose in to the terminal like animals to a trough. To enplane, passengers simply walk along a short, level ramp into the aircraft's nose door. The umbrella roof keeps the weather away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Umbrella for Airplanes | 6/13/1960 | See Source »

...bright high school seniors from every state in the Union, Jerry walked off with the top $7,500 award in the annual Westinghouse Science Talent Search. His winning project: an ion accelerator made of such handy items as a Christmas-tree ornament and a float from a pig watering trough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Up from the Farm | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

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