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Word: instead (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fire was first spotted by four Cambridge moppets and before it was over, 10 engines were on the scene. Firemen attributed their difficulty in fighting the bloke to the fact that the burning wool emitted smoke instead of burning cleanly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire at Chipp's Draws 500 | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...took a wrong turn left, instead of right. The road sort of died out. Mom was just going to turn back when all of a sudden the fog socked in on us. Couldn't see a thing. Mom tried to climb . . . Then we hit. The left wing sheared off. Both wings were off and we toppled over. Mom breathed roughly for a while and then was still. I knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE DOMINION: Off the Highway | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

When he got home, "I presented my father with the contract instead of my marks. He was delighted. He forgave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Opera Comic | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...announcer advised listeners to relax, because "for the next thirty minutes you are guaranteed." He explained that Allen had arranged with the National Surety Corp. to replace any article of merchandise, or any cash up to $5,000, that any listener might lose because he was listening to Allen instead of a give-away show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: Allen Strikes Back | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...discharge opening can be varied in size to get the best division of exhaust energy between supercharging and jet thrust. The result is an engine with 4,000 (instead of 3,500) h.p., without proportionate increase in weight. The Air Force intends to use the hybrid in its newest heavy bomber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Hybrid Vigor | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

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