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Word: backlash (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1951-1951
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...Backlash. Near Wellington, Kans., a fisherman abandoned his catch after he cast his line from a railway bridge over a creek, short-circuited an automatic control system, turned every block signal red on 107 miles of track, halted 14 freight trains and three passenger expresses, stalled them all for two hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 11, 1951 | 6/11/1951 | See Source »

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