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Word: light (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Their twin-engined Mariner, out on a photographic mission, had crashed and exploded on a 1,000-ft. plateau of snow and ice. The six survivors had food, drink and fuel, a half-burned fuselage for shelter. When at last the rescue plane appeared, they got directions by signal light to walk to the nearest open water, eight miles away. A trail over the ice was blazed for them with flags and dye markers dropped from the plane. Five walked; the sixth, more badly hurt than the rest, was drawn on an improvised sled to the water's edge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORT: Help, Help, Help | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

Monty: What light in yonder Kremlin

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Balcony Scene | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...airport, in the harsh light of the morning after, the sable lining in Monty's new coat seemed to be merely "brown fur." Said the gallant Monty: "Anyhow, it's a beautiful coat." Wearing it and his caracul cap, taking his white coat with him, he boarded the plane. When he landed in England, he had on his beret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Balcony Scene | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...Such semi-tangibles are not for it. Figures alone it accepts, in floods and mazes. Quick as a midget's wink, it adds, subtracts, multiplies, divides, raises to powers, extracts roots (square or better). It blends the figures together, mixes them with constants such as the speed of light. "It's a robot," says Dr. Aiken, "and does just what it's told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Robot's Job | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...will listen I answer: It is the mission of the Church to bring the light of God into man's life, to teach God's love, to serve and to save mankind; and today-in this age of demoralization and brutalization-the mission of the Church is exactly the same as it was two thousand years ago and ever shall be. To help bring peace . . . but to mankind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Report From The World: Report From The World, Jan. 20, 1947 | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

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