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Word: 14th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...plenty of poundage to her male competitors in Hollywood Park's $25,000 Will Rogers Handicap. She shouldered her 123 lbs. like a workwoman, got away fifth from her No. 1 post position, scarcely needed the gentle reminders from Johnny Longden's whip, drove hard for her 14th victory in 18 starts-but failed by a neck to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Foible-less Filly | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

Another reason was service red tape. Another was the complex Navy command setup in which Kimmel held two positions, Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch held four (including command of the 14th Naval District), and a many-hatted Rear Admiral P. N. L. Bellinger held six. "Under such circumstances," said the Board, "The Army had a difficult time in determining under which of the three shells (Kimmel, Bloch or Bellinger) rested the pea of performance and responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pearl Harbor Report: Who Was to Blame? | 9/10/1945 | See Source »

...Admiral Orin G. Murfin, 69, onetime Judge Advocate General, commander of the Asiatic Fleet, predecessor of Rear Admiral Bloch as commandant of the 14th Naval District, is now retired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pearl Harbor Report: The Judges | 9/10/1945 | See Source »

Home Is Where ... In Cedar Rapids., Iowa, James F. Williams, 61, got his 13th divorce, promptly asked the court for permission to remarry, promptly got it, promptly took a 14th wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 20, 1945 | 8/20/1945 | See Source »

...Pupil Roy Flynn's check from Farrar & Rinehart was for The Changeling, the young (26) man's first novel and winner of the $1,000 Stephen Vincent Benét Scholarship; it was scheduled for publication next spring, and was the 14th novel accepted from a Strode student...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Success Story | 7/30/1945 | See Source »

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