Word: died
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...swam in tanks. It was slovenly and filthy and loud. Hoarse-voiced women dumped their garbage from windows, chased their dirty children through the narrow streets. It was one of the great cities of the world. Its citizens had a proverb: "Vedi Napoli e poi Muori." ("See Naples and die.") But last week, ravaged and gutted, Naples was dead...
...name of heaven are the "many officers and civilians" that are convinced these two officers have already shouldered censure that should have been visited widely upon both services, and hope the cases are being allowed to die quietly...
...there was a limit to MacArthur's campaign, no matter how well fought. Without greater reserves of men, materiel and, ships than he appeared to have last week, his blitz would stall and die. About that limit, and the reasons for it, General MacArthur had something to say last week (see below...
Near dawn he reached the wood's edge, saw a German patrol. Surprised, he hid in the underbrush until the Nazis passed. Then, as the sun rose, he saw horror in the shallow valley sheltering the town. The town was Lidice, and Karl Horak saw it die (TIME, June 22-, 1942). Of Lidice's 1,200 human beings Horak, so far as he knew, was the only one who escaped the Nazis' savage reprisal after the killing of Gestapoman Reinhard Heydrich...
...surprised, but Yankee rooters were unhappy. Their team last week:1) topped the Detroit Tigers 2-to-1 in 14 innings to win the American League pennant, their seventh since 1935; 2) convinced even die-hards that they will have to pick up speed by next week to take the World Series from the National League's young, speed-merchant St. Louis Cardinals...