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Word: unscrew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...primarily for processing poetry, this stunning new creation did not supplant the earlier innovation; indeed, Richards' tool set complemented the Eliot invention, and enhanced its production. Now all they need do, the scholars found, was unplug a poem, take up one or other of their finely-honed tools, twist, unscrew, and lay out the various parts of its whole, thereby finding a meaning never before revealed. (In fairness, these scholars took up their tools, put the poem back together, and plugged it in again, so others, also on life tenure at a university, could unplug it once more and reveal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An American Comedy | 2/4/1959 | See Source »

...British airman's kit bag just before it was to be put aboard an R.A.F. jet Comet bound for Britain. The British have stationed 37,000 troops on Cyprus, which is smaller than Los Angeles County. In the eternal check against sabotage they go so far as to unscrew the caps of toothpaste tubes and sniff face powder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYPRUS: Bitter Breakdown | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

...purified isotopes are stored for packing in a long brick building. The innocent-looking bottles stand on racks behind a high, thick barrier. Watching their work in mirrors, the shipping clerks select a bottle. With remote-control devices that unscrew the bottle's cap, they take out a measured amount of liquid, put it into another bottle and seal it in the proper container, which may contain several hundred pounds of lead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Hot Factory | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

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