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Word: coastal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Skum's preoccupation with reindeer is not surprising. Throughout most of his 74 years he followed the herds from their summer pastures among the ice-capped mountains of northernmost Sweden to their winter grounds in the coastal forests. He pitched his tent in the snow and slept with his head pillowed on the red pompon of his cap. In his time he killed 28 bears (and innumerable wolves), which was enough in itself to bring Skum honor in his own country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reindeer Man | 11/25/1946 | See Source »

...Venezuela. On the far plains, the llanos, that stretch from the Caribbean coastal Andes southward to the jungles of the Orinoco, the rains had ceased. Now, where the sparse cattle had been herded from hummock to hummock by boat, the floods would subside. Now the earth would crack and parch through six months of drought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEMISPHERE: Springtime | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

Lost in the Dark. When the coastal blackout went into effect in April 1942, no one was forced to grope as much as Doug Leigh. Starting with $50 and a case of mumps at the depth of the depression, he had parlayed his native talents of salesmanship, showmanship and inventiveness into an electrified million-dollar business. He owned or operated the biggest single block of the dazzling and ingeniously animated signs along Broadway, when the lights were turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Billboards in the Blue | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

Ever since he predicted that Boston and all other U.S. coastal cities might be destroyed by the atom bomb (TIME, May 13), Roger Babson, paid counselor to businessmen (Babson's Reports, Inc.) and gratuitous adviser to the world, has been looking for a place to hide. Last week, in the heart of Kansas, he found it. In Eureka (pop. 3,803), Babson bought a dilapidated three-story Main Street building occupied by a beer tavern and roomers. He intends to construct vaults underneath it, deposit in them the voluminous records of his wealthy clients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REAL ESTATE: Babson Holes Up | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

...forth to the Civil Aeronautics Board its claims to four coast-to-coast routes and five main north-&-south domestic routes. Pan Am's main argument: domestic lines can now offer passage to foreign points from interior U.S. cities. If Pan Am can land only at gateway coastal cities, it will not be able to compete on equal terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Sauce for the Goose... | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

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