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Word: lossless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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This was a job for pros. The R.A.F., which has for at least six months been ferrying planes from Freetown to Cairo, has lost about 20% of its planes for lack of the gadgets and getup necessary for steady, lossless shuttling. It was an echo of the 1934 U.S. airmail fiasco; the U.S. Army just could not handle the business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: IN THE AIR: Pan Am Stretches | 9/1/1941 | See Source »

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