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Word: knowingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Troubled citizens had no way of knowing that. All they knew was that Congress was going to "tear the lid off rubber"-and high time, too-but once the lid was off all they could see was a sheaf of alibis, and a "dreadful" corporation called Standard Oil. Jesse Jones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Die Is Cast | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

Through the eyes of its own and German reconnaissance pilots, the Italian High Command looked around the edges of the Mediterranean and made a startling claim: Rome radio said that the Queen Elizabeth and Valiant, 30,600-ton battleships of the Queen Elizabeth class, had been seriously damaged by the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Queen & Valiant | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

These announcements, coming from Elmer Davis, sounded sensible enough, but the set-up still seemed mighty complicated. Newsmen, knowing that Elmer could not resist giving a plain answer, put him a few plain questions, and the whole thing began to come a little clearer:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: White-Topped & Even-Tempered | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and their military men knew this. They knew the bitter toll of Axis submarines on Allied shipping. They knew, too, that China needs relief and must have it. Knowing these things, they approved this solemn statement:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts, STRATEGY: If Egypt Falls . . . | 7/6/1942 | See Source »

Probably you didn't know any more about these things than he did-so I think you will be especially interested in TIME'S story on Page 48-and in knowing a bit more about Ragsdale and his part in making the story so clear and real.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jun. 29, 1942 | 6/29/1942 | See Source »

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