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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said Claire Chennault, after one of their first battles over Rangoon: "This isn't target practice. Don't get the idea the Japs are no good . . . don't get cocky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Tigers Over Burma | 2/9/1942 | See Source »

...Maida Van Schuyler, who books shows for stag banquets, but "there isn't a dime left in this lousy business. . . . The moving pictures have spoiled it." So she is thinking of becoming a medium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Carnies, Heels and Indians | 2/9/1942 | See Source »

...attitude toward ourselves he the seeds of our failure as peace makers. In the first place it is bad salesmanship. Nobody likes to be told "you're all wrong. This is what you should be doing." That was proved in the last peace. In the second place it just isn't so. Neither our record nor out beliefs bear...

Author: By J. W. Ballantine, | Title: CABBAGES AND KINGS | 2/5/1942 | See Source »

...story of this latest of his adventures isn't anything startlingly new, nor should it be. Instead, Nick and Nora Charles amuse themselves and the audience in their accustomed breezy fashion. All of the superb minor characterizations are present here again, and while you may have seen them before, you've never seen them funnier...

Author: By J. H. K., | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 1/23/1942 | See Source »

Experience under raids taught London wardens to place the strap of the helmet behind the head rather than under the chin, Mrs. DeRoth said. "That way, the blast of a bomb isn't as likely to break your neck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Second ARP Course Opens With London Warden's Talk | 1/14/1942 | See Source »

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