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Word: blanke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...American officer put in heatedly. "That's coercion." "What do you mean, coercion?" the MVD man replied in an injured tone. "Did I strike him?" After an hour's argument over what constituted coercion, the major was finally allowed to ask whatever he wanted. He drew a blank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFUGEES: I Is Russian Pilot | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

There may have been a considerable inaccuracy in the Presidential poll conducted today by the CRIMSON, due to one simple feature of the ballot: the blank marked "Name". A student voting for Dewey in a straw poll will willingly sign his name to his ballot; one who would otherwise vote for Wallace may refuse to when the ballot is not secret. And he may have excellent reason...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Straw Poll | 10/29/1948 | See Source »

Forming behind a depleted band and flashlight-toting Sergeant James Toomey of the University police, early marchers launched the pre-game celebration at 7:15 p.m. in a circuit of the Yard, punctuated at every step by exploding blank cartridges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Welkin Rings as Beery Marchers Chant Indian Death Knell in Fiery Eisteddfod | 10/23/1948 | See Source »

Last week Gouzenko was in fact a Canadian. The Department of the Secretary of State had issued him a citizenship certificate. It described him briefly: 5 ft. 8 in., blue-grey eyes, fair hair. His occupation was left blank, his address was simply c/o R.C.M.P...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: c/o R.C.M.P. | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...having got that off my chest, I'm practically rolling on my way to West Point, blank in spite of my education at Cornell, malleable in spite of my education at Virginia, a push-over for the first demagogue who comes along and says "Army schmarmy! We'll murder the bums...

Author: By Joel Raphaelson, | Title: Off The Cuff | 10/15/1948 | See Source »

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