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Word: forward (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...coming in ... boring straight at me without firing a shot. I wondered: 'When will that crazy guy ever turn off?' He kept coming. Then I knew why. That Messerschmitt was piloted by a dead one. At the last second I shoved the wheel forward and prayed. . .. He couldn't have missed by much, because he took off our aerial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Prelude | 5/8/1944 | See Source »

Comment elsewhere in the Senate and House: "Screwy talk ... as balmy as Hitler's . . . nonsensical . . . mischievous." In a hailstorm of editorials, the U.S. press asked the General, with varying degrees of asperity, to confine himself to such remarks as "Forward, men" and "Open fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MORALE: There He Goes Again | 5/8/1944 | See Source »

...Pony" edition is considered by many people on this ship to be a step forward in the publishing world. Personally, I think you are doing a hell of a good job by letting people know just what is going on the world over. Keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 1, 1944 | 5/1/1944 | See Source »

Secretary Ickes asked himself: What should the U.S. do with the $15,500,000,000 worth of Government-owned war plants? He answered: turn them over to the veterans of World War II to own and operate. Smoothly, Secretary Ickes explained that "we can confidently look forward to postwar chaos" if the plants are "throttled by monopoly," not kept in operation. Then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Give Plants to Warriors | 4/24/1944 | See Source »

Jack himself dropped one at the swearing-in of members after the general elections of 1937. Curtin held the Bible high while his old friend, Chief Justice Sir John Latham prepared to intone the oath. Dignified Sir John was startled when Curtin leaned forward to inquire softly: "Do you remember the old days, John, when we both used to give Christ hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: Journey Into the World | 4/24/1944 | See Source »

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