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Word: hubs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Crashing south toward Singapore, the Jap had more than the glory of the Mikado to drive him on. He was in a desperate race with time, and if he could not beat the hands of the clock, his push to the strategic hub of the Far East was going to be a historic failure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Burmese Rump | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

...wheel drive, extra-heavy duty, able to haul almost anything almost anywhere. Only ten years old, it has sold thousands of square-hooded, locomotive-like behemoths to lumbermen, miners, oilmen, highway departments. In the Louisiana oil fields M-H trucks are called "Mud Cats" because they slosh through hub-deep mud as though equipped with web wheels, in Western lumber camps they climb rough 40° grades so easily they are known as "Mountain Goats." In all, M-H has 33 models, going from five to 35 tons with six driving wheels, twelve forward and four reverse speeds. Special jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Mud Cats & Mountain Goats | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

...first raid on Pearl Harbor, U.S. anti-aircraft gunners had bitter proof of a once arguable proposition: that the U.S. needs hub-to-hub anti-aircraft protection for its vital points. For that protection they still had to wait on U.S. production. But last week, as the need became urgent, they had evidence that the U.S. was finally catching up with the anti-aircraft parade, perhaps ready to jump into the van. Anti-aircraft men were notified that soon they would have a gun that would shoot as high as military planes can now operate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: Sky-Prodder | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

...gala tour of the College and of the Hub has been planned for Maria, who is best known as a model of the latest fashions in sweaters for Life magazine. Mayor Tobin and Governor Saltonstall will give her the keys to the city when she arrives on Thursday, and later she will be brought to Harvard for a tour of the Yard, a press reception at Phillips Brooks House, and a broadcast over the Crimson Network...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARIA MONTEZ ARRIVES FRIDAY | 10/28/1941 | See Source »

...formal order, to be issued very soon, will forbid the use of nickel, chromium, copper or aluminum in nonfunctional automobile parts. These are the principal materials in the huge shiny grilles, glistening hub caps and sparkling trim which garnish the 1942 models. An important exception: bumpers, tagged "functional" after an acrimonious Government-industry semantic fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Shrouds for Brightwork | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

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