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Word: smoother (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Donald H. Menzel, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy, yesterday flatly contradicted the theory that the back side of the moon is smoother than the front...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Menzel Disputes Theory Of Soviet Astronomers | 10/29/1959 | See Source »

...water by creating an upward pressure at speeds of ten knots or higher were introduced by Reynolds Metals Co. and Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. The wings, which come in a do-it-yourself kit, increase a boat's speed up to 30%, cut fuel consumption, make for smoother riding. Price: $390 a pair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Sep. 7, 1959 | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

...second because in photo finishes the two Abilene jerseys appeared as one. With Morrow graduated this year, Woodhouse equaled the world mark, ran a 9.1 race that will not count because he had a favoring wind at his back. "I've improved every year," says Woodhouse. "I run smoother, where I used to run choppy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Assault on the Hundred | 6/15/1959 | See Source »

Paying Its Way. The boom is fathered by increased U.S. spending, but it is mothered by smart marketing. The industry has steadily brought down prices (current range: $225 to $375 per ton for central units in new houses) while putting out more compact, smoother-operating products every year. Thanks to miniaturization, the 1959 models of Admiral, Carrier and others are 50% to 60% smaller than in 1956. General Electric claims that one of its 1959 bedroom models is virtually noiseless. Westinghouse, Fedders, Emerson are putting out install-it-your-self "portable" models. York is packaging parts needed for installation with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: Real Cool Prospects | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...hired man, Matti." Its official opening, scheduled for Tuesday, was postponed until tonight because of an injury to a cast member; at Tuesday night's preview Puntila appeared as an odd, erratic, interesting, annoying, basically refractory and intractable script, worth, in its Wilbur incarnation, more than many considerably smoother enterprises...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Puntila | 5/14/1959 | See Source »

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