Word: flatted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Scholarly Lieut. Colonel Borth delivered groceries as a boy, remembered how he used to crush "large firm rolls of toilet paper" flat so he could cram them into pasteboard cartons...
...Under air attack: "Lie flat on the deck pressed hard against a ledge. . . . Standing with your head against something solid is the next best...
Apartment-hunting patrols infiltrated grays, along with colds conveniently attributed to changeable weather. And the week brought many startling revelations. Among them, the Supreme Court decision which caught the Texas delegation flat-footed and revived old secession rumors. Increasingly frequent opportunities to develop proficiency in drilling and marching were taken with "canine philosophy," especially by the family...
...Matthias Islands are flat, well suited for fighter and bomber strips. They lie only 625 miles from Truk. Admiral Nimitz' forces at Eniwetok are 775 miles from Truk. Now another junction appeared in the offing...
Last week Salesman Hammer reported that he was all but swamped by a new buying wave. War contractors, he said, their wallets abulge with flat money they could not spend on Lincolns or Frigidaires, were investing heavily in the Hearst and other treasures. Most sales were in the $75 to $100 bracket. Most purchases were of antique firearms and vast oil paintings in outsize gold frames. But there was brisk trading in the Hearst antique paneled rooms (complete with fireplaces and window casements) at $598 to $19,049. And Mr. Hammer had hustled down to Gimbels' groaning floor...