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Word: blockings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...describing Takrouna. Some of the Highlanders, staring at it through the moon-sifting mist that night, said that it looked like Edinburgh Castle. Other men said it looked like terrain on the moon. One man, looking at it through binoculars, said: "It is as though a great rectangular block of stone had been set down quite recently at the edge of the plain, and then another, smaller block on top of that. The height was held by some of the best Axis troops, for Takrouna was the beginning of the last natural wall before Tunis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Storming of Takrouna | 5/3/1943 | See Source »

...block long column, with tempo established by the Navy Receiving Station Band from the South Boston Yard, will be headed by the executive officer of the NROTC unit, Commander Stanley L. Wilson, who will serve as Brigade Commander

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAVY REVIEW HERE ON MAY 6 | 4/30/1943 | See Source »

...Yard at about 2:20 o'clock to take part in the spring review of the Department of Military Science and Tactics. Only disturbing element in the picture is obvious to those who have observed recent Naval R.O.T.C. drills. Leaving Memorial Hall shortly after 2 o'clock, the block-long column of blue-coats should pass down Massachusetts Avenue just as the first khaki units attempt to 'go ashore' from the NTS quadrangle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Naval Interception May Be Unexpected Review Feature | 4/28/1943 | See Source »

...successfully supplanted mica except for most types of radio condensers. But with literally billions of those needed for radar, walkie-talkies, inter-communicators, etc., this is a huge step forward. Natural mica "fails" at lower temperatures than Promika. Moreover, 1 lb. of Polectron replaces 10-15 lb. of natural block mica (on which rejects and wastage are very high), thus costs less than Indian mica...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leo Crowley's Aniline | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

...there be no delay. . . ." Today the Monitor is published in a block-big, sedate Boston palace that looks more like a bank than a newspaper plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Best In the U. S. | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

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