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Word: brightwork (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1938-1938
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Best-known emblem of U. S. shipping around the world is a white dollar sign mounted on red-banded stacks. Last week, leaking badly at the seams, its brightwork tarnished after decades of shining renown, the Dollar Line signed away by its crew of heirs, assignees and moneylenders, was to be taken over by the U. S. Maritime Commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIERS: Dollar Down | 8/29/1938 | See Source »

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