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Word: marianas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fourths of The White Charger is simply a listing of Michel's tedious romantic conquests. Only the most dogged reader will remember, by the end, just what made Elisabeth different from Mary, or from Marjorie, and Riri, and Gisėle, and Irene, and Francine, and Nicole, and Mariana, and Lu-cette, and Lily-to mention only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Knighthood Not in Flower | 1/6/1947 | See Source »

Three of the proposed big bases are prewar U.S. possessions: the Panama Canal Zone, the Hawaiian Islands, the Aleutians (probable base: Adak). The others: i) the entire Mariana group (Guam, Saipan, Tinian, 12 smaller islands) which taken together may be the U.S. Navy's postwar headquarters; 2) a Central Philippines base, probably on Leyte Gulf, which the Filipinos would undoubtedly grant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Pacific Bastions | 8/20/1945 | See Source »

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