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Word: dual (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hangar were damaged by strafing, not bombing. Bomb hits had scarcely affected the Allis-Chalmers tractor which sat on the concrete floor of the hangar. Not one of the 6-in. coast artillery guns had been hit by bombs, though they had been prime targets for months. Only one dual-purpose 70-mm. anti-aircraft gun was blown up and there is some question about what did it. The sooner we acknowledge the relative ineffectiveness of precision bombing on small, well dug-in, expertly camouflaged positions, the better off we will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Janfu | 8/30/1943 | See Source »

...postwar planners, last week's announcement had a dual significance: 1) it paves the way for a more efficient reconstruction program than any nation could dare attempt alone, 2) it sets a precedent for international administration of other international problems. If the United Nations can work together efficiently at financing and operating a relief program, presumably they can also work together in other fields...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: The Job Starts | 6/21/1943 | See Source »

...witnessing a decapitation"), with settings in Scandinavia, Persia, Belgium, Paris, etc. Admirers of Author Dinesen's Seven Gothic Tales (TIME, April 9, 1934) will snatch at this; others may find her highly feminine, stylized prose a little overrich. One of the Book-of-the-Month Club's dual selections for June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dingy Storyteller | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

Fisher, a tackle on the 1942 grid team, was the only Harvard entrant to figure in the scoring. He was defeated in only one dual meet this spring. Tim Cogges-hall and Captain-elect Tom Holyoke failed to place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HAMMER TITLE WON BY FISHER | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

...trip to Andover tomorrow afternoon, for what should be an easy victory, ends the dual meet season for Coach Jaakko Mikkola's track team. Since losing to Rhode Island State in their first meet, the Crimson runners have enjoyed three straight victories...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Squad Winds Up Season With Andover | 5/7/1943 | See Source »

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