Word: wave
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...today, the Soviet Union stands as one of the leading heavy industry producers in the world. This change could not have been instituted without extreme pressure being put on all other branches of the economy. It was mainly through a series of five-year plans, begun with a wave of enthusiasm in 1928, that the Russians were able to achieve this excellence in industrial power. The five-year plans set forth goals which every facet of the economy was to try to fulfill within the given period...
Early one morning in 1953, a bouncing sound wave hit Cedar City, Utah (pop. 6,106) with the bang of a ton of explosives. People tumbled out of their beds and ran into the streets, thinking it was an earthquake. No one told them that a "nuclear device" 175 miles away could produce such a sound-effect...
When the bombs begin popping, Graves promised. AEC representatives will be in radio contact with the Nevada test site and will tell the public when each bomb is scheduled. If a harmless sound wave hits the region, Graves hopes that panic will not sweep the gulches again...
...Shock Wave. Yikiang (full name: Yikiangshan, meaning "one-river mountain") is no great strategic loss, as the U.S. Administration hastily pointed out, but the psychological shock was severe...
University officials were indignant yesterday over a recent wave of petty stealing from coin-operated machines and newsstands in three Houses. It was unknown whether or not the thieves were students at the University...