Word: clues
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sorts of specialists seem to be following TIME's reporting of their field. In Washington, for example, more key officials read TIME than any other magazine, no matter how big its circulation; newspaper editors rank TIME their favorite magazine; a TIME story in Science once gave a clue to the nature of the X-particle; in the American Medical Association Journal TIME is one of the only two lay journals which have been indexed among medical publications...
...Turkey has been able to keep the delicate balance between war & peace for nearly four years is due in no small measure to the character of Sükrü Saracoglu. He has been charged with being pro-Axis, but if his likes, dislikes, foibles and friendships are a clue, there can be no question that he would like to see the Allies...
Then came words that might prove to be the clue: "We will accord the honor of independence to the Philippines in the course of the current year. . . . We shall take measures envisaging participation of native populations in the Government to an extent commensurate with their ability. . . . We intend to realize this state of affairs as early as possible in Java . . . and Burma...
...Army gave chemists a clue to the shattering power of blockbuster bombs dropped on Germany in the past few months. The clue is hexamine, one of the ingredients in the explosive with which blockbusters are packed for quick and shattering destruction...
There are no "heart lines," "head lines" or "life lines" in her book. The form of the hand is her best clue to heredity, temperament, mentality and talents. The hands of children usually resemble those of one parent, sometimes a child will inherit one hand from each. An underdeveloped thyroid gland causes small, fat, broad hands, white and flabby, and a personality that is kindhearted, open-minded but unstable and lacking in concentration. The overdeveloped thyroid gives a long, bony hand, with thin bony fingers and an active, vivacious personality...