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Word: inched (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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When he set out to take his DNA pictures, Caltech Graduate Student Jack Griffith, 26, was well aware that his task would be extremely difficult. The DNA molecules from the pea-plant chromosomes used in his research project were only one thirteen-millionth of an inch across and would be agonizingly difficult to distinguish even with the aid of the most powerful electron microscope. In addition, the molecules would be distorted or destroyed by the instrument's electron beam before they could be photographed. Then how could they be photographed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Molecular Biology: Glimpse of the Helix | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

Give her an Inch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Grad Center Will Open Interhouse | 3/10/1969 | See Source »

Only 5-10, with the longest hair per inch in the Ivies, he got open for a long jump shot from the right. Dover got it back on a tip-in but Jackson dropped in another jumper. Eli reserve Jack Langer hit from underneath, Morgan made a foul shot, Eric Gustavson and Hardy sank jumpers and then Jackson made a layup and another long bomb, giving Yale a four point lead...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Elis Drop Cagers For Tenth Defeat | 3/3/1969 | See Source »

Broad jumper Noel Hare and high jumper Jim Coleman successfully defeated Princeton challenges at the Heps. Hare edged Princeton's Ed Voocher by only one inch, however, and is expecting a tough contest today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thinclads Vie In Big Three At Princeton | 3/1/1969 | See Source »

...EVERY INCH of wall space is covered with light shows of various kinds indifferent themes, with pictures ranging from ten foot high shots of Janis Joplin's singing face to Egyptian hieroglyphics. Fascinating things happen in isolated corners with the slides, but these shows are in fact all pre-programmed by computer; there is not the spontaneity and musical relevance of the Tea Party's light show, but rather a static grace...

Author: By Salahunddin I. Imam, | Title: Boston's White Rock Palaces | 2/28/1969 | See Source »

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