Word: brush
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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More TIME-worthy is the unusual, accurate method of showing Jap-occupied areas in China. Most maps do an injustice to loyal Chinese guerrillas who control vast tracts within so-called occupied territory. It's good to see a more discriminating paint brush...
...brush with the Gestapo nearly ends the Piper's tour, but, at least in Hollywood, Englishmen like Woolley always win through. His children's crusade, scripted by Producer Nunnally Johnson from Nevil Shute's novel of the same name, is too episodic for all-out drama, but it is a mellow, amusing, often moving excursion...
They learned to brush their teeth, wash their faces, shave and rinse out socks in two inches of water in a mess kit. The mention of British service biscuits brought wry smiles to their faces. Said one hardy biscuit eater: "You could dunk them in water and they'd soak it up all right. Then they'd be just as hard as ever...
...Paint Brushes. To make up for missing Oriental pig bristle imports, Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc. are conducting a national salvage campaign to reclaim old, paint-stiff paintbrushes at prices from 10? to $2 a brush, depending on size...
...winning the national grade-school spelling bee in Washington last week, eleven-year-old Richard Earnhart of El Paso, Tex. got $500 and a two-day trip to New York City. There he had his first brush with the metropolitan press, came off winner, hands down, over a flabbergasted World-Telegram reporter...