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Word: acquaintence (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...badly done. They scarcely singed the edges, left many a handsome prize for the oncoming Jap. U.S. Lieut. General Walter Krueger, commander of the Third Army, thought he could see the reason for the British failure: ignorance and insufficient explosives. He ordered an immediate training program to acquaint every combat unit under his command with the ins-&-outs of demolition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY: Every Man an Engineer | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

Aside from the new bond campaign, the Liberal Union plans to continue work on a series of pamphlets outlining American aims in the war. Those pamphlets are part of the enlarged Liberal stratagem to acquaint the University and the students with what they may fight for, and awake an attitude of "cooperation with the national effort" here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Liberal Union Plans Sale of Bonds As Part of Campaign to Build Morale | 3/3/1942 | See Source »

...purpose of the practice raid, which was proclaimed a great success, was to acquaint the runners and first crews with their duties. All messages were carried through the basement as the courtyard was theoretically filled with flying bomb splinters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Total War Comes To University As Eliot Blacks Out | 2/20/1942 | See Source »

...staff returned with ideas for six shorts (now in production) designed to acquaint the U.S. with its southern neighbors by using Donald Duck and other old Disney standbys in the role of fall guys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mammal-of-the-Year | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

Sponsored by Phillips Brooks House, the dance has two objectives: first, to acquaint Boston and Harvard with South American manners, mores, and inhabitants; and second, to raise money for the benefit of the University International Club and to start a scholarship fund for Latin-American students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BROOKS HOUSE TO HOLD LATIN DANCE FRIDAY | 11/25/1941 | See Source »

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