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Word: bitted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...late sabbath sleepers from their afternoon baths is still going strong, the water works reported last night. Crews have been working on the break since its discovery but are having a hard time plugging it up. Flooded cellars and furious pumping operations have given that section of Cambridge a bit of Mississippi River charm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Water Main Breaks Continue To Harass Cambridge Officials | 10/18/1946 | See Source »

...tumbling down. But the goods had to be made first. That was Canada's No.1 job on the home front. Cried Gordon longingly last week: "Give me full production from the U.S. and Canada for the next ten or twelve months, and goddammit I'm not a bit afraid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE DOMINION: The Size of the Bill | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

...Mary's rumored engagement to Belgium's Prince Charles. Said Journalist Churchill: "It's nobody's business. ... I think there should be five freedoms?Freedom from the Press. ... I know I'm fighting a losing battle against the press; but I like to feel I'm doing my little bit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Darkest America | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

...partition offer by recognizing the importance of permitting the Jews to conduct their affairs independently. Similarly, the British can find a means by which to present the plan diplomatically but firmly to the Arabs as a "fait accompli," with the almost inevitable result that the Arabs would grumble a bit and then accede. Both Jewish and Arab extremists must be ignored, for the plan is essentially one of compromise. But the most important element is speed. British soldiers are dying in Palestine and Jews are rotting in DP camps for lack of a solution. Britain must act quickly to carry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Last Lap | 10/8/1946 | See Source »

...literature, music and the arts. He happened to fall in love with an heiress who combined an income of ?40,000 a year with an interest in Spinoza. In the ring Cashel was superb; Lydia once heard him raging like a lion: "'Rules be d-d, he bit me, and I'll throw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Nonage Novels | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

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