Search Details

Word: 48s (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...ground, the Israeli army has more than 3,500 tanks, of which 1,460 are from the U.S.: 810 highly advanced M-60s and 650 M-48s. The Israeli invasion of Lebanon effectively used the U.S.-made Ml 13 armored personnel carriers, of which Israel has 4,000. Nearly 1,000 American artillery pieces, including 175-mm self-propelled guns and 155-mm and 203-mm self-propelled howitzers, provide 90% of the Israeli army's powerful punch. Both the air force and the army rely heavily on U.S. missiles. The crunch in any cutoff of military aid would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Israel's Supply Line | 8/16/1982 | See Source »

Maternity pants, it must be admitted, remain a problem. Most of them have an elastic belly that looks like some weird kind of mutant marsupial pouch; even size 48s and a set of suspenders would be preferable. No haute couture designer has come up with an adequate solution to this challenge in aesthetic engineering, in part, because no designer-with the exception of Givenchy-seems especially interested in doing a special maternity line. Most, like Perry Ellis, are delighted to have their clothes adapted for maternity, but they show no inclination to dabble in the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Stepping Out with My Baby | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next