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Word: goodbyes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pennsylvania's Congressman John Edward Sheridan accused a Washington cabbie of overcharging him 30?, and did not stop there: he saw the thing through to a finish. The cabbie claimed it had taken Sheridan 14 minutes to bid a lady friend goodby; Sheridan clocked himself at approximately three minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 18, 1942 | 5/18/1942 | See Source »

Goodby, Uncle Joe. It was the same with rubber. When Washington announced that there would be no new tires, it had softened the blow with quick talk of recaps. When it took away recaps, it talked about synthetics.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: The Worst Is Always True | 5/18/1942 | See Source »

The officer snapped another picture. The hangman tightened the noose. Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya stretched on tiptoe to shout: "Goodby, Comrades!" The hangman kicked the box and Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya strangled to death.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Kosmodemyanskaya | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

In the feather-filled air he finally cornered Butch. As Mr. Morgan described the interview: "He began hollering at me and yelling for me to dismiss Mrs. Preston Davie. . . . 'Fire that dame! Fire that dame!' he kept yelling." Mr. Morgan decided that the time had come. He handed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIVILIAN DEFENSE: Hen-yard Pagliaccio | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

"I am very happy I drew your name. I think you would like to be a sailor because I heard that you were a leader of sailors in the last big war. The other boys and girls are asking their soldiers and sailors to pray with them. I know you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. At War: Little Girl, Big Job | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

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