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Word: fewness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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The purpose of dismantling was twofold: 1) to compensate, in some measure, the conquerors and victims of Nazi Germany; 2) to keep future German industrial production "down to a "safe" level. In 1946, with France invited into the quadripartite administration of Germany, the Big Four agreed on a maximum level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: From Yalta to Paris | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

For a while Vishinsky seemed licked. But a few hours later he rose and addressed McNeil. "It would be well," said he, "if you would confine yourself to English fables, for perhaps your repertory is more complete. You made the mistake of not studying all of Krylov. One fable is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: The Battle of the Fables | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

Plight of the Occupation. Most American occupation families live in run-down Quonset communities that look like hobo camps. A few officers are quartered in small concrete houses (built with materials brought in from the U.S., at a cost of $40,000 apiece). The rest of Okinawa's garrison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKINAWA: Forgotten Island | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

Sheetz and Kincaid are faced with other morale hazards. Recreational facilities consisted of a few broken-down movie shacks and football fields. Okinawa had become a dumping ground for Army misfits and rejects from more comfortable posts. In the six months ending last September, U.S. soldiers committed an appalling number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKINAWA: Forgotten Island | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

Last week Wladyslaw Gomulka, once the country's No. 1 Communist but for some time past under suspicion of being a Titoist, was expelled from the Communist Party Central Committee. Vice Minister of Justice Zenon Kliszko and Minister of Construction Spychalski were also kicked out. All were denounced as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: The Blind | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

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