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Word: 34th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...siege passed its 34th day, the Russian Army newspaper Red Star came out with this cautious statement: "There now is a chance to hold and repulse the Fascists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Stalingrad Stands | 10/5/1942 | See Source »

...fabric ripped off the oar pocket. On the 33rd day the raft capsized once more. "For the first time," Dixon said, "I was ready to give up." His nerves were so frayed that he flew into violent rages. But Aldrich and Pastula only stared at him. Then came the 34th day and Aldrich shouted: "Chief, I see a beautiful cornfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: AT SEA: They Shot an Albatross | 3/23/1942 | See Source »

...three stories above. The spy had fled, hearing all was discovered, he had paused only long enough to cut his end of the dictagraph loose, grab his hat and coat. Behind him he left luggage, laundry, razor, expense account, unpaid bill. He was registered "J. P. Wriegel, 5 East 34th Street, New York," which is the B. Altman Department Store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Spy Behind the Curtain | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

Thanks to such political outcries, Chief of Staff George C. Marshall last week deviated from his rigid rule that no reasons be given for relieving officers. When General E. A. Walsh of the 34th Division was relieved last week, the War Department pointed out that ill-health had caused his retirement from active duty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: Dust Begins to Fly | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

Last week's honors for Mary Reed were part of the 34th annual meeting of the American Mission to Lepers, an interdenominational Protestant offshoot of the 67-year-old British Mission to Lepers. Together the two operate 200 colonies for 150,000 lepers in 48 countries. This year the American Mission raised $300,000 for its work. This is a new high record-but it is only $2 per leper in the church colonies, and less than 6? each for the five to ten million lepers in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Protestant Damien | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

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