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Word: howes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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The statement drew applause from other Latin nations. Even Trujillo's old ally, Nicaraguan Dictator "Tacho" Somoza, spoke up: "Nicaragua knows how to settle its problems with its neighbors through the inter-American peace machinery. It's a shame that the Dominican Republic can't handle its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deplorable You | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

In the past, doctors have disagreed as to how long vision is impaired by the sun's glare. Dr. Peckham found from his studies with lifeguards that much of the effect wears off overnight, but in most people some effect persists for two or three days, and in some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Darker the Better | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Officers are selected from the ranks of the soldiers and are trained for nine months at one of the army's four schools. They must be high-school graduates. Courses are short on arts but long on fundamentalism, homiletics and crowd psychology. One of their textbooks is the army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: I Was a Stranger ... | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Manners for White Women. Finally, on Pavuvu, part of the division was marked for rotation. Hints on good manners were printed (anonymously) for those going home after two years in the South Seas: "Say 'Please pass the butter.' You DO NOT say, 'Throw down the grease ...'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tales of the Pacific | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

The Search. In New Haven, Conn., young Vito Manga, chased by police to the roof of a nurses' dormitory, explained how he had happened to be lurking on the fire escapes outside the building: he "was looking for a men's room."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 26, 1949 | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

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