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Word: conformed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Angeles tall, blond Army Pilot Lieut. William N. Wilson, 25, met his old friend Airliner Co-Pilot Louis F. Reppert Jr. "It was agreed," said the report of a Congressional investigating committee, "that Lieut. Wilson would attempt to time his take-off [next day] from Long Beach to conform with the time of the airliner at Burbank so that they could meet some place in the vicinity of San Gorgonio Pass." The plan clicked; at the rendezvous Lieut. Wilson waggled his plane's wings in greeting. He passed in front of the airliner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Aerial Traffic Cops Needed? | 11/9/1942 | See Source »

...Leverett broadcasting system operates with standard transmitting equipment and not through the electric power lines as does the Crimson Network. For this reason the transmitter must be limited to conform with the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WLP SPONSOR REVEALS NAME | 10/24/1942 | See Source »

...tailor to make alterations in issue clothing for the carefully dressed soldier. Last week the Exchange Service added a new feature: officer's uniforms that a new second lieutenant can buy within the range of the $150 the Army gives him for his first outfit. Civilian outfitters can conform or be undersold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Big Business | 9/21/1942 | See Source »

...general, training after call to active duty will be highly specialized to qualify military necessity and will be concentrated into the minimum time period. Plans under consideration contemplate an R. O. T. C. training program modified to conform to this policy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Education Council Expects ROTC to Continue, Army to Use Universities | 9/16/1942 | See Source »

...Armed Forces, who feel as Lew Ayres feels, but who are too weak to be nonconformists. Then, shouldn't we admire Lew Ayres because he is strong enough to face the suspicion, ridicule, and hate that is always the lot of those who do not choose to conform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 11, 1942 | 5/11/1942 | See Source »

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