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Word: 20th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Christian Igorot native tribesmen who, in an offensive over rough, matted terrain, mounted U.S. tanks like so many half-nude jockeys to direct American drivers inside. "When the attack was over," said the General, "the remnants of the tanks and of the Igorots were still there, but the 20th Japanese Infantry Regiment was completely annihilated. . . . When you tell that story, stand in tribute to those gallant Igorots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Still Holding | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

Roxie Hart (20th Century-Fox) is dedicated "to all the beautiful women in the world who have shot their men full of holes out of pique." A rewrite by Producer Nunnally Johnson of Maurine Watkins' 1926 Broadway hit Chicago, it is a bawdy farce of the bad old '205, when a pretty murderess was as likely to get ten weeks in vaudeville as the electric chair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Mar. 2, 1942 | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...period from October 20th to February 16th. Prepared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

...Ames, who last week was disqualified from the downhill races at Stowe, garnered a third place in the downhill race, and the next Crimson finisher was Bungy King, in 20th place. Yardling Duncan Reed crossed the line in 24th place, and Captain Finn Ferner followed him, placing 27th...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Team Close Fourth In Middlebury Contest | 2/21/1942 | See Source »

While the implications of this change are far-reaching, the most immediate result will be the commissioning of several military Science 4 students who will not be of age this June. The University policy to graduate men by their 20th birthday will necessitate changes in the R.O.T.C. curriculum made possible by the new ruling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Army Commission Age Cut to 18 Following Lead of U.S. Air Corps | 2/11/1942 | See Source »

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