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Word: fieldstrip (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reality in their rope-soled shoes and knock it out of commission with those knuckle-dusters. In the van of these shock troops is British Novelist Alistair MacLean, who in H.M.S. Ulysses (TIME, Jan. 23, 1956) showed his ability to zero in with a battery of heavy cliches, fieldstrip and assemble a character in the dark, and tell an exciting story. MacLean displays the same talents in his current operation, dealing with the eastern Mediterranean in mid-World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Derring-Documentary | 2/11/1957 | See Source »

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