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Word: untilled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Through the thin, -104°F. air he fell freely, first face down, then atumble, then on his back-1,000, 5,000, 10,000 ft.-reaching a flashing terminal velocity of about 450 m.p.h. As he plummeted, he took readings on his instruments, and with cool self-possession, tape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Descent to the Future | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

Malraux also decreed: let there be circuses-and staged the most dazzling Bastille Day celebration France had ever seen. In fact, never since Napoleon had government and culture so complemented each other. When Giraudoux's Electre opened, Paris critics were officially reminded that a French head of state has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Grand March | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

The travelling particle receives its energy in a series of electrical "kicks," which increase its speed until it accumulates a total of six billion electron volts.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Electron Accelerator Begins Fundamental Operations | 11/28/1959 | See Source »

The 10-man group plans to use the Stadium, or an alternative, until its proposed permanent home is built in Newton, a project that Sullivan also heads. However, if the Harvard Athletic Association expressed concern "that we would stay for two years, then pull out, we would be glad to...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: Pro Football Team Head Calls Stadium First Aim | 11/28/1959 | See Source »

On the first of October, 1935, a provision in the General Laws of the Commonwealth required all teachers to take an oath of allegiance. The law stated, "No professor, instructor, or teacher who is a citizen of the United States shall be permitted to enter upon his duties within the...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: Two Teachers Refuse Oath, Lose Posts; Professor Would Still Repeal 1935 Act | 11/27/1959 | See Source »

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