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Word: cloak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Franklin Roosevelt jammed his broad-brimmed soft felt down over his thinning grey hair, hooked the top frog of his officer's boat-cloak, came ashore at Pensacola...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Year VIII | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

...anti-craft gun will be the one piece of artillery that may survive undamaged," Leet stated, "but there is a possibility that later adjustments to the seismograph may even strip this gun of its cloak of secrecy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Enemy Gun Batteries Can Be Located By Adapted Seismograph, Leet Finds | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

There are three other well-known versions of the Fifth: Koussevitsky (victor), Weingartner (Columbia), and Furtwaengler (Victor). The last two are the recognized experts in Beethoven-rendition. The Weingartner is well-read, albeit a little conservative but gives Beethoven itself a chance rather than garbing it in a cloak of false colors. The Furtwaengler is a truly magnificent recording, not as literal as the Weingartner, but with tremendous sweep and surge, and recorded beautifully, even though it was issued several years ago. The Furtwaengler is best, but all three are better than Maestro Toscanini's version which sound like...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: SWING | 3/9/1940 | See Source »

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