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Word: corr (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...undertaker's" advertisement portraying the "beautiful body" of a nude girl is carnal and shameless. It is manifestly repugnant to the general public and offensive to the funeral service industry. . . . J. WILFRED CORR Executive Secretary California Funeral Directors Association Pasadena, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 9, 1948 | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

...than 2,000 loyal troops armed with machine guns and small cannon. The Eighteen took to the beach, dug trenches in the sand, made one of the bravest stands in the history of any army. One by one they were picked off-some killed outright, some desperately wounded. Octavio Corrêa was one of the first to die; his blue suit made him an easy mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Last of the Eighteen | 1/27/1941 | See Source »

Brazilian hearts beat faster last week at the news that Private Oscar Corrêa dos Santos had been awarded 17 years' back pay. For Oscar Corrêa dos Santos, as every patriotic Brazilian knows, is one of two remaining survivors of the heroic Dezoito do Forte (Eighteen of the Fort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Last of the Eighteen | 1/27/1941 | See Source »

...flag, tore it into 17 pieces. Each of the 17 pinned a strip of the flag to the breast of his tunic, and together they marched out. At the gate they were met by a man in a dark blue business suit, who said his name was Octavio Corrêa and who wanted to join the band. Siqueira Campos tore his strip of flag in two and gave half to Octavio Corr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Last of the Eighteen | 1/27/1941 | See Source »

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