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Word: bitted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dangerous Living. In Newark, Patrick Maffiore finally got to the hospital after 1) he escaped injury in an auto smashup, 2) his dog got excited and bit him three times, and 3) the ambulance caught fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 8, 1947 | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

...belly." In Hanoi, a Frenchman told them not to bother about showing their passports, everybody knew "nobody but Americans would do a damn fool thing like this." They sat out a typhoon in Hong Kong, a binge and hangover at Amoy. Flying in loose formation, they worked out a bit of dialogue to pass the time on their long hops. Cliff: "We're lost, but we're making good time." George: "We're broke, but we're having a lotta fun." On their most hazardous leg, 1,600 miles over open water between Japan and Shemya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORT: Flivver Flight | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

...cost $2,000 including gasoline and oil (which they bought on Esso credit cards). They were given a heroes' welcome. George got a haircut, Cliff a kiss from Miss Van Nuys of 1947 (see cut). Back in Washington, their wives, who had expected them in September, were a bit frosty. Wired Mrs. Truman to Mr. Truman: "You're the luckiest guy in the world to have a wife like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORT: Flivver Flight | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

Down the road at Deerpark, Pat Morrissey was acting a bit odd that day himself. "When I saw the hunt coming," says he, "I called my neighbors. They grabbed the nearest implements they could get and lined the gate with me. If the Blazers try to hunt our lands we'll use force if necessary to stop them." At Moorpark Cross, other farmers patrolled the covert with rakes, and every day still others joined the boycott against the Blazers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EIRE: Good News for Foxes | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

...thought that Bob Hannegan & Co.* had paid anything like five times too much. But it was no secret that the Cardinal farm system was running a bit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sam's Last Sale | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

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