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Word: german (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wounded a German policeman," said Lancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Incident at the Widow Lehrte's | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...Then a German police car and a U.S. MP jeep arrived (they had been summoned by an indignant neighbor who had finally decided to inform the authorities of the goings-on at Frau Lehrte's). The Russian jerked himself erect. Forgetting his motorcycle, he walked off in the direction of the Soviet zone. But when he saw a second U.S. jeep pull up, he ducked behind a tree, raised his rifle and fired four quick shots. German and U.S. police flung themselves behind the parked cars; the Russian slipped away. A German policeman, wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Incident at the Widow Lehrte's | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...Russian looked pained. "I don't believe it. I am too good a shot and I wasn't aiming to hit anyone," he said. "Why should anyone be concerned about a German getting shot? All right, I created an incident. I want to apologize profusely. Now may I have my motorcycle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Incident at the Widow Lehrte's | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...answered Lancer. "You have shot a German and I must have a written note of apology sent to me. Then we will deliver the motorcycle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Incident at the Widow Lehrte's | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

Over the weekend I cleaned out my desk, and I found three things that reminded me of three other things. These were the three I found a brasaring, a page about Herodetus torn out from a Colleges Outline Sevics, and a bluebook containing a German hour exam with D written on the outside and I ask you, wasn't that Chipper Gannon something to see moving down the field? Wasn't that something pretty...

Author: By Joel Rephaclson, | Title: Off The Cuff | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

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