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Word: fives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scrabbly hill country of central Pennsylvania, where coal runs rich to the surface, a man could almost breathe the trouble in the air. Across five counties the peace was broken by Americans fighting Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Trouble in the Hill Country | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...radio broadcast: "Orphans of the Pacific, you really are orphans now. How will you get home, now that all your ships are sunk?" She was the sixth U.S. citizen convicted of treason since the end of World War II.* The minimum sentence Iva could draw under the conviction: five years in prison and $10,000 fine; the maximum: death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TREASON: No. 6 | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

After much controversy, the Political & Security Committee had decided in which order it would proceed with the business in hand: debate i) Greece's complaint against her Communist neighbors, 2) the Italian colonies, 3) Russia's proposal for a Big Five "peace pact," 4) Palestine, 5) Indonesia and 6) the report of the Security Council. The committee had just disposed of item No. i by passing the Greek issue on to a conciliation commission when it had to make room on its agenda for a new problem. The Chinese had placed a formal charge before the Assembly that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: The Times That Try | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

Seven more regattas have been definitely scheduled for the team before Christmas, and five more races are tentative...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailors Begin Second Regatta of Fall Term | 10/8/1949 | See Source »

...Seven of the eight courses second year students must now take are required courses; the eighth is an elective to be chosen from five specified fields...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Awaits Results Of Term's New Curriculum | 10/7/1949 | See Source »

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