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Word: excerpted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...following is an excerpt from a letter written on Feb. 14 during the heroic defense of Bataan Peninsula by Lieut. Colonel James E. Macklin, U.S. Quartermaster Corps, to his wife in San Francisco. She followed the instruction given in the last sentence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 27, 1942 | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

Mills rushed So We'll Knock into print. In Manhattan it published another song composed that Sunday afternoon: You're a Sap, Mr. Jap, by James Cavanaugh, John Redmond and Nat Simon. Excerpt: Uncle Sam is gonna spanky. Wait and see, before we're done The A. B. C. and D. will sink your rising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Of Thee I Sing, Baby | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

...fame of the retiring Master of Leverett will not be as short-lived as his tenure. One of the most successful traditions fostered by Professor Murdock was the annual Christmas reading, which Professor Hoadley intends to perpetuate. The evening was invariably begun with an excerpt from the Gospel according to St. Luke, but before long "Ken" launched into long quotations from Dorothy Parker and Bob Benchley, whose works, along with those of P.G. Wodehouse, lined his library shelves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leigh Hoadly Will Replace Murdock as Hutch Master | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

...post, last week there screamed forth from Moscow a character billed as "Ivan the Terrible," who gave in German an amazing imitation of Adolf Hitler. Der Führer has not yet made his annual speech for the Winter Help drive, so Ivan the Terrible made one for him. Excerpt: "So long as I am Germany's Leader, I will lead you from victory to victory to the final catastrophe. I will lead this war to the last German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: ON THE AIR: Ivan the Terrible | 9/15/1941 | See Source »

...Excerpt from the "wisdom" prayer: "O Lord our Governor, whose glory is in all the world; We commend this nation to thy merciful care, that being guided by thy Providence, we may dwell secure in thy peace. Grant to THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and to all in authority, wisdom and strength to know and to do thy will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 23, 1941 | 6/23/1941 | See Source »

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