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Word: twentieths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Force; and the Ft. Davis Station is also supported by Air Force funds. The latter is devoted to recording the radio noise emitted by the sun, and operates the fastest sweeping radio receiver in the world, covering the frequency range from 100 to 600 megacycles in one-twentieth of a second...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Local Scientists Pace Nation in IGY Work | 2/27/1959 | See Source »

These farces come from Renaissance Spain, medieval France, and seventeenth century Denmark. This is almost enough to restore one's faith in the doctrine of progress: nearly everything good about the occasion is supplied by Eliot House, which is, after all, more or less of a twentieth century institution. Since, on top of everything else, the translations tend towards the unspeakable, it was actors and directors vs. plays all evening. I scored it a loss, a draw...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Three Farces | 2/27/1959 | See Source »

...Twentieth Century (CBS, 6:30-7 p.m.). Douglas MacArthur's reconquest of the Philippines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Feb. 23, 1959 | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

...Twentieth Century (CBS, 6:30-7 p.m.). Films covering the career of Kemal Ataturk, father of modern Turkey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Time Listings, Feb. 16, 1959 | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

...quests, of course, are not yet finished; the American suspended in mid-twentieth century is still in the middle of his voyage, and his lyrics show this. The Rock 'n' Rollers are the troubadors of transition, and it is unfair to expect them to give us the final beatific vision...

Author: By Charles S. Maier and John B. Radner, S | Title: I Hear America Swinging | 2/12/1959 | See Source »

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