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Word: companionable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been my inseparable companion in Bulgaria (where I didn't have too many friends) since he was a puppy. He probably saved me from being beaten up or worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 2, 1942 | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...pilots from the carrier took on twelve Jap fighters. One of the pilots, a tall and curlyheaded Texan, shot down two Japs. His companion got another, collided with and destroyed a second, then returned safely to the carrier in his damaged plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: The Way to Win a War | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

There are others in the cast besides Eddy and his buxom companion, but since most of Hollywood's actors work under contracts that are pretty hard to break, it isn't really their fault...

Author: By J. H. K., | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 2/11/1942 | See Source »

...Japanese than Mr. Hauser," LOOK proceeds to publish an article which would be labeled "humour" if it were not printed at this particular time. "The Japanese is compelled to go through life without romance--which may be why he lacks imagination and is generally such a dull companion," writes our learned "sociologist." "I have seen little boys behave so badly that in America they would have been spanked and sent to bed," he continues. "In Tokyo, everyone looked at their antics with pride and infinite indulgence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Hate Racket | 1/23/1942 | See Source »

Loretta Young was chosen by Columbia seniors as their favorite raid-shelter companion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jan. 19, 1942 | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

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