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Word: dears (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Worst of all, men who held democracy and country dear were arguing instead of toiling on the means of preserving them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Great Problems | 6/2/1941 | See Source »

...death of Morris Sheppard of Texas for several weeks, casting a longing eye toward Military Affairs' next to senior member, Elbert Duncan Thomas of Utah, who Is an all-out-aid-to-Britain man and an industrious student of military needs. But the rule of seniority is dear to the Senate: historians could count only two contemporary occasions when it has been upset. Now the Senators could not bring themselves to break the rule again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: A Big Job for a Big Man | 5/26/1941 | See Source »

...following me without mental reservations along the path of honor and national interest. If through our close discipline and our public spirit we can conduct the negotiations in progress, France will surmount her defeat and preserve in the world her rank as a European and colonial power. That, my dear friends, is all that I have to say to you today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Vichy Chooses | 5/26/1941 | See Source »

...Column Headquarters in East Anglia," which announced that a young lieutenant disguised as a butler had made his way into enemy headquarters, served a three-course dinner to the commanding general, then put a box of chocolates into the general's bed. Inside the box was a note: "Dear Sir: This is to inform you that this is a bomb which would have exploded when you touched it with your foot. Yours respectfully, Fifth Columnist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Invasion Preview | 5/12/1941 | See Source »

...Dear President Conant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 5/7/1941 | See Source »

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