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Word: em (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...outfit on the right had been slow in jumping off. The Colonel got the first unit again and roared: "Are you advancing? Wotthehell you doing, digging into defensive positions?" He called the second unit: "I want that first goddamned platoon up north to help. Now get 'em going quick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: YOUNG MAN'S GAME | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

Captain Russell Comrie directed the fire of his mortar company on some of the enemy's red houses. Far down the road we could see a solitary German impudently walking to the road. "Five rounds now-drop 'em in," yelled Comrie over the telephone. Black smoke puffed all around the red houses. The German threw himself to the ground. "The last one got a machine-gun nest," Comrie whooped. "Shoot five more rounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF ITALY: Doughboys' Beachhead | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

...traces lead 'em...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Pint to the Goal | 1/31/1944 | See Source »

Hopkins fights free-for-all, no holds barred. She kicks 'em when they're down, too. Davis--intelligent, self-denying Bette--turns the other cheek every time except one. (Anyone who is particularly interested in discovering how many times Bette muffed that one scene for the pleasure of the retakes is advised to address one of our more widely informed Hollywood experts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOVIEGOER | 1/25/1944 | See Source »

First, and foremost, we bestow upon the staff (bless'em) our fond felicitations and trust that they will carry on in the true Harvard tradition. . .May they act with caution, dignity, and continue to administer according to the dictates of their infinite wisdom. . . . To Brother Busch, a baseball bat, a pencil eraser, a bad memory, who dozen boxes of aspirin, and the latest edition of Watch-Bill Drafting Made Easy. . . . Mr. Flanigan: Bottle of Kreml, giant size. . . . Mr. Wires: a new call sign. . . . to Hopf and Peachie (the Mighty Mite): free and unrestricted access to sick bay, provided they haven...

Author: By Ens. GUY Osborne, | Title: SCUTTLEBUTT | 1/25/1944 | See Source »

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