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Word: flipness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Path of Progress. In London, Polish Engineer Jan Horzelski announced his invention of a coin-flipping machine which can be adjusted to flip either heads or tails with 99% accuracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 12, 1945 | 3/12/1945 | See Source »

Milt Caniff, erstwhile creator of Flip Corkin, Terry, Pat, and the heralded Dragon Lady, may not realize the effect his oriental strip is having on the lives of many Chase luminaries. "Pass me my third Collins while I pass out" Smith (J.E. the folks call him) searched relentlessly up and down the corridor Saturday last but could not find "the lady." He did, however, find a tattered skivvie shirt sworn by him to be the property of "Hotshot Charlie...

Author: By The PEARSON Twins, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 2/6/1945 | See Source »

General Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold, of the U.S. Army Air Forces, pinned the D.S.M. on the bemedaled chest of Colonel Philip Cochran, 34-year-old inspiration for "Flip Corkin" of Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates comic strip. The citation: for crack performance in the first airborne invasion of Burma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Decorators | 10/30/1944 | See Source »

...With a flip of the bear's paw the Bulgarian Government had been knocked off the fence on which it had been trying so desperately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BULGARIA: One Strike and Out | 9/18/1944 | See Source »

When the end of the European war permits the Army to reduce its 8,000,000 peak (biggest unknown now: the size of the police force required for Europe), the Army will flip through its cards and decide how high a point credit will make men eligible for release. But those who think eligibility will automatically mean quick release may be sadly disappointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - DEMOBILIZATION: First Out | 9/18/1944 | See Source »

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