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Word: beause (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sleazy, drawling streetwalker whom he takes home for the night. The pair is discovered eating breakfast the next morning by Katherine, who returns earlier than expected. The remainder of the play concorns Katherine's efforts to incite her husband's jealousy and regain his love by inviting three ex-beaus to the house for the weekend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 6/20/1944 | See Source »

...force of German planes was over England. The main attack, as it had been for six previous successive nights, seemed to be developing over Liverpool, one of the few British ports to be operating at nearly full capacity. Experts explained to the King how the night fighters operated. The Beaus went to the scene of action to try to get the planes coming in. In this Operations Room, wireless finders with vastly improved machinery and technique "vectored" the Beaus close enough to enemy planes to see them and attack. The Havocs shot out across the Channel and hovered over German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Under the Full May Moon | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

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