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Word: coasts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...roving mind of Franklin Roosevelt was captivated by Admiral Byrd's arguments for this venture and last week, after a map session at his desk, he ordered the expedition to proceed by early October. In on the planning were Commandant (Rear Admiral) Russell Randolph Waesche of the Coast Guard and several Navy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: To the Bottom | 7/17/1939 | See Source »

Last weekend, A. R. P. News readers got a little clearer view of the shape of things that may come. Britain staged its first large-scale blackout, including almost all southern England except London. Planes flew in from the coast to test the skill of volunteer "spotters" and searchlight crews. On vacant lots bombs were exploded to give the volunteer firemen, decontaminators and first-aid crews practice in rushing through darkened streets to danger spots. Observers in the air watched for lights that would be a giveaway to enemy aviators. The blackout, pronounced a success, was on an entirely volunteer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Absolute Necessity | 7/17/1939 | See Source »

...their early seventies, the Dankowskes claimed to be the U. S.'s oldest caravanners; their "palace on wheels" was known from coast to coast. They had covered 300,000 miles, never had an accident. Three weeks ago, still heading for the horizon, still happy as newlyweds, the Dankowskes nosed the 1 6-year-old Nomad out of Chicago toward California. Fondly beaming on Wife Mary, Fred Dankowske announced that they would keep on to the end of the trail. Said he: "This is the finest kind of life. It costs only $160 a month and you see the dreams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Nomads | 7/17/1939 | See Source »

Faced with the certainty that Adolf Hitler would try this summer to steal at least one of their Baltic "windows" and probably the entire Polish coast (see above), the Poles last week showed much the same steadiness and bravery that little Czecho-Slovakia showed last summer before she was forced by her own allies to back down. The Poles' big advantage was that they had lived and learned by the Czechs' experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Polish Oath | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

...wage. The hotcha Steele Sisters, a blondy little trio, all 18-year-old high-school girls with relatives in the company, each get $10 a broadcast. Average cost per week for the whole program is about $3,500, $2,500 of this for air time over 27 MBS stations coast-to-coast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Musical Steelmakers | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

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