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Word: drowne (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Toward Atlantis? The classic example of this pulsation is the periodic appearance of Scandinavian lemmings, which every three to four years rush by thousands to the coasts, then swim far out to sea, where they drown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Millions & Millions of Mice | 8/3/1942 | See Source »

Careerpuellae mrsrooseveltiac. Those who drown their emotions in activities (classic dance groups, political forums, et al.) These are unhappy unless they have some responsibility. They are usually underweight, worried, and dress comfortably rather than attractively. They work for Causes, and account for the rest of the first 33 1-3 per cent...

Author: By M. S. K., | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 11/13/1941 | See Source »

...away with sirens screaming in 26 seconds. Every motion has been carefully studied to see where life-saving minutes can down. The rescue squad, with first aid equipment, goes out on all alarins. Sometimes it in called by doctors who need oxygen immediately for, heart cases; suiciden, drown longs and gas victims always rate the rescue truck manned by experts n accident work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 11/7/1941 | See Source »

...conspiratorial tones to which thousands of Europeans have lately become familiar, Colonel Britton concluded: "You are asked to join a disciplined army. It is a strange army, but one to which it is an honor to belong. It is an army which the Germans fear. . . . The Germans will not drown out the knocking of fate, however loud they beat. For when they tap out the V they are merely signaling their own impending doom. We shall hurry it as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Frivolous V | 7/28/1941 | See Source »

...after Adolf Hitler came to power he wanted colonies for strategy and prestige. And today, when his strategy is simply to take what he wants, when his prestige comes from doing so, he has found that colonial drum pounding helps to drown out German complaints about food shortages and ersatz commodities. Present Nazi talk of gaining not only Germany's lost colonies but all Africa carries a great deal more weight than mere propaganda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Chimneys in the Jungle | 5/12/1941 | See Source »

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