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Word: annapolises (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Picking a ship, according to the Admiral, is like buying a hat. (In Navy slang, tentative ship designs are known as "spring styles.") Before the Navy decided on any one type of ship, the Bureau of Ships whipped up as many as ten different designs. After six or eight months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - NAVY: Production Boss | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

Building ships has always been Sam Robinson's specialty. Now 59, he graduated from Annapolis in 1903, went back after six years at sea for engineering postgraduate work. Most of his career has been in Navy engineering departments. He was executive officer on the Collier Jupiter, first ship equipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - NAVY: Production Boss | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

Hoping to repeat last year's victory, Coach Rene Peroy's undefeated Varsity swordsmen journey to West Point today to compete in the annual Pentagonal Championships. Also entered in this tournament, one of the most important eastern competitions, are Yale, Princeton, West Point, and Annapolis.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Swordsmen Hope For Second Win at Annual Pentagonals Saturday | 2/27/1942 | See Source »

That this same eight set only one record last year, at Annapolis in a minor sort of hurricane, is due to the fact that there was not a single good Saturday's racing weather all last spring, which prevented the 1941 boat from gaining more recognition. Even a phenomenal crew...

Author: By John C. Bullard, | Title: Sports of the Crimson | 2/13/1942 | See Source »

The facilities of four large universities will be leased, each to become an "Annapolis of the Air." . . . One is located in the East. . . . Washington--AP--Jan. 31

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 2/5/1942 | See Source »

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