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Word: sparked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Spark Supplied. Back in New York, Rockefeller's inexperience in presidential campaigning tripped him at the glittering annual dinner of the Alfred E. Smith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: New Man's First Week | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

...match its principles with deeds. He was interrupted only once by applause. And the performance looked worse than it actually was in contrast with the subsequent showmanship of Senator John F. Kennedy, a seasoned campaigner who sensed his audience's aching desire for brevity and a spark of humanity. Democrat Kennedy supplied it by throwing away most of his text, giving Republican Rockefeller a string of verbal hotfoots, then swiftly wrapping up Rocky's own point: the U.S. needs leadership to "tell the people the hard facts of existence that face us." All told, the deceptively boyish Kennedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: New Man's First Week | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

With different enzymes from different bacterial cells, Kornberg used methods outwardly similar to Ochoa's in synthesizing a form of DNA in 1957. Chemically and physically, it behaves like a natural DNA; whether it contains a vital spark is not yet known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Secrets of Life | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

Mark Mullin, who outran the University of Massachusetts team last week to spark an impressive Harvard victory, is expected to turn in good time, as are Ralph Perry and Jack Benjamin. Benjamin has a slight cold that may affect his running, but still remains a threat to the Indians. Sophomore Bob Knapp and captain Eddie Martin have overcome early-season injuries and add significantly to Crimson point potential...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Green's Harriers Favored in Meet Today at Hanover | 10/23/1959 | See Source »

...close down its entire operation employing 11,000 unless the steel strike ends within three weeks. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. last week laid off 521 workers at two Midwestern plants, will drop 1,200 more by the end of the month. At General Motors Corp.'s AC Spark Plug Division plant in Flint, Mich, and Harrison Radiator Division in Lockport, N.Y., 900 employees were put on a four-instead of a regular five-day week to conserve steel for use by divisions with less inventory. Some companies with big inventories were in trouble; they were running out of specific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Squeeze on the Nation | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

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