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Word: chins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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More often he was nervous, and his shifty eyes rolled in tears. His bulky chin trembled, his hands twitched and he blushed when he caught the eyes of the judges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: Traitor's Day | 9/3/1945 | See Source »

Under a flowering cherry tree, the in scrutable Japs were served Chinese food by inscrutable Chinese waiters. Then they were summoned to headquarters of Lieut. General Hsiao Yu-shu, deputy of Chinese Chief of Staff General Ho Ying-chin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: I Am Very Optimistic | 9/3/1945 | See Source »

...note was dispatched to the Japanese Commander in Chief in China, General Yasuji Okamura: "Cease hostilities immediately . . . send representatives to receive military instructions from General Ho Ying-chin, Chinese military chief of staff. . . . Japanese troops are temporarily permitted to retain their arms and equipment for the maintenance of public order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Crisis | 8/27/1945 | See Source »

...Tucking chin into shoulder in true British style, blue-eyed Bruce saved his Sunday punch for five rounds. Then, putting 182 Ibs. of power into a short right, he blasted the 215-lb. champion through the ropes. The champ made the mistake of climbing right back into the ring, and another right finished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Britain's Best | 7/30/1945 | See Source »

First to go was Walter Beyer, a 32-year-old sergeant still wearing parts of his Afrika Korps uniform. As he heard the sentence read and translated by an interpreter, his face was drawn, his eyes flicked nervously from one face to another. But he held his chin high. Said he: "I can't see why this is being done to me." When they placed the black hood over his head, he pivoted on his heel, marched smartly to the edge of the shaft, maintained his military bearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Rulers of the World | 7/23/1945 | See Source »

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