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Word: blinds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Reader Johnson was lucky. A "Destructor" contains enough dynamite to blind or maim anyone dismantling it, and enough thermite to create a fire which most people would have trouble putting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 18, 1949 | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...behind; Blind Satan's voice rattled the whole

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Coping With the Flood | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

Punching the Wall. Last week John, at 32, was looking much better, and feeling like another man. He was doing all right at his $38-a-week job in a small factory which makes household goods. Like a blind man with new-found sight, he was discovering the normal give & take relationships between normal people. Little things like the good-natured kidding of fellow workers were strange and exciting. He now enjoys meeting people, has made some friends, but has still made no dates with girls. With one or more operations to go, John says: "I'm still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Case of the Ugly Thief | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

...What are you doing with your most precious years? Just where do you think you are heading? . . . Teaching is the worst matrimonial blind alley that ever a girl can get into. Many teachers never marry ... In the years to come, you may be spending your holidays alone, or your relatives may patronize you and allow you to look in upon them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Dear Miss | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

...British Admiralty turned a blind eye to all this, so long as it took place on the Continent. But conservative officials were dismayed when Nelson took London by storm, flaunting like a battle-prize his lusty and pregnant mistress. Poor, respectable Lady Nelson took a brief look and fled. After a brilliant victory at the Battle of Copenhagen, Nelson set up house in the country, with the Hamiltons. Nelson himself seemed to be settling into the role of a country squire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Naval Person | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

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