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Word: cara (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...daughter of a University of Buffalo professor, he announced that he would attend as best man, arrived in Denver 48 hours late, having missed plane connections. Sitting on her lap, he gave his blessing to his new daughter-in-law, told reporters he was in love with 2nd Lieut. Cara Tinsley, an Army nurse now in England. Said he: "She's just perfect." He also heard that his ex-wife No. 3, Martha ("Mickey") Devine, onetime Vanities girl, had been sued by her ex-lawyer for failing to pay his fees for arranging the divorce which netted her "close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Nov. 6, 1944 | 11/6/1944 | See Source »

Stocky Vanique (he looks like a young John Garner) is prepared to spend two years among the Moriegos, Cara Preta and Chavantes Indians, some savage and hos tile, some half-civilized. His frontiersmen must chop out clearings for future Brazilian towns, must fight pumas, oncas (panthers) and the tamanduá, a giant ant-eating bear with a head and neck like a horse. They must convince Indians that an influx of settlers will be good. Be cause Brazil has a law prohibiting the use of firearms against Indians (TIME, Dec. 15, 1941), only the party's official hunters will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: East of the River of Doubt | 8/16/1943 | See Source »

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