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Word: bulks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lecture notes, textbooks, fountain pens and other implements of learning make up the bulk of the daily collections together with the usual quota of raincoat's and jackets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOST, FOUND BUREAU MOVES COLLECTION TO GRAYS OFFICE | 9/4/1942 | See Source »

...British patrols said that Rommel had withdrawn the bulk of his German troops to the rear for rest and refitting, had left Italians to hold most of the front. He evidently had a poor opinion of Britain's Eighth Army, and of the chances of a British offensive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts, THE MEDITERRANEAN: Intestinal Divination | 8/31/1942 | See Source »

...A.E.F. that will jump off when the second front is launched. The big emphasis now had to be on troops that pave the way for a drive: Quartermaster, Engineer and Signal Corps outfits, housekeeping units for the Air Forces. Some combat units were on hand. But the bulk of the A.E.F.'s striking power would come later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: The A.E.F. in Britain | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

These actions did credit to The Auk's aggressive spirit, but they did not alter the basic situation: Rommel was defending his front with infantry and artillery; the bulk of his armored forces were withdrawn from action for rest and repair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF EGYPT: On the One-Yard Line | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

...tourists shiver as they smuggle cheap, paperbound, Tauchnitz classics ("Not to be introduced into the British Empire or the U.S.A.") past uninterested U.S. customs officers. The Nazis have decreed that the century-old Tauchnitz Library must cease publishing works of U.S. and British writers, which make up the bulk of its 6,000 English-language titles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Exit Tauchnitz | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

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