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Word: fying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...little mining town of Mountain Ash were ugly and dirty as ever. But the faces of the miners, and their families, were scrubbed clean and the mines were idle. From the town rose loved Welsh songs like Jenny Jones, Men of Harlech and the Welsh anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau-meaning Land of My Fathers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Melodies for Miners | 8/19/1946 | See Source »

This is the first book about the war in the Pacific that tries to answer the one question that Americans most want to hear answered: When and where do we attack the Japanese? Naval Expert Kiral-fy's answer: In 1942, by invading Japan from the north. This is also the first book that insists (sometimes with irritating dogmatism) that the key to victory over Japan cannot be found in comparative naval tonnage, air strength, gun power, speed or armor. It lies, says Kiralfy, in a closer study of the Japanese mind, especially in its military workings. Americans have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tremendous Triangle | 5/25/1942 | See Source »

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