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Word: himly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Best Allied bet seemed to be the destruction of the vast supply system needed to feed and munition the 1,000,000-odd men the Germans will have within and behind the Siegfried Position. This is the bombers' job. That done, infantry could then be given a chance to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Defense in Depth | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

At his field headquarters in Poland, Adolf Hitler last week retorted to Great Britain's effort to strangle him economically. He signed a contraband list virtually identical with the British list, for a counter-blockade at sea of war munitions and other supplies destined for Allied ports in neutral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Strangling Match | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

Unvarying is the traditional Keeley routine. An incoming inebriate pays $160, plus room and board, must stay for 31 days. His whiskey ration is gradually tapered off: eight ounces the first day, six ounces the second, four ounces the third, none from then on. Four times a day he gets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Keeley Cure | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

As it turned out, he was merely clearing a troublesome opponent out of Riggs's way. Duckwalking Bobby had little to do late in the week but watch Welby wallop stylists like Elwood Cooke and Wayne Sabin (who beat Quist). When the final round came Sunday afternoon, 21-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Near Titan | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

Boxer Lou Nova, who spent three years at the California College of Agriculture, is a serious sort, reads books, diets, sleeps long, goes for some queer fangles in fighting. For the Baer fight, for example, he trained at the yoga roost of Dr. Pierre Bernard, the Omnipotent Oom of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beer Barrel Palooka | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

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