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Word: mesh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...much smaller than the wave length, it will slip through like a mosquito through a fishing net. Electron beams are also wave trains, but their wave lengths are thousands of times shorter than those of light. So, in effect, they give scientists a collecting net of far finer mesh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Smaller & Smaller | 10/28/1940 | See Source »

...aircraft production engineers cursed in agreement with Canadian Aviation, which editorialed with discreet understatement: "The unwisdom of gearing most of the Canadian aircraft industry capacity to the British system is now apparent. The realities must be faced. The entire manufacturing plan will have to be overhauled and revised to mesh with American industry. We can thank God for the industrial power and the growing active support of the United States in the hour of direst need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: There'll Always Be An England | 7/8/1940 | See Source »

Toronto-born Cinemactress Mary Pickford sent a $2,000 gold mesh evening bag to Canada's Citizens Committee for Troops in Training, to be raffled off for soldiers' equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 24, 1940 | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

...free choked channels of trade, "keep the lines of peace open," prepare for post-war dislocation. U. S. strength: the "tremendous picture of the possibilities of peaceful life" that the U. S. offers. U. S. weakness : that U. S. economy, if not readjusted internationally, will no longer mesh with war-created economics overseas. The answer: "To you all things are possible; all questions have answers; all wrongs can be righted; all hopes can be fulfilled." Specific Berle prods to youthful imaginations: international health units working together in devastated areas; international transport pools moving goods where they are needed; bankers pooling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: When the War Ends | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

...hours with you." Elaine implored. "I don't want you for keeps, John, but I must have you back for a little while. All I want is 24 hours of bliss. Look at me, John." John looked. Elaine the Eyeful was wearing a slinky, low-cut gold mesh gown. John bussed her zestfully. Diana scrammed. Shortly afterwards John and Elaine left. They went to the Hotel Navarro. Fifteen blissful hours later. John emerged. Cocking a baggy but eloquent eye, he confided: "I'm back with my sweetsie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Exploits of Elaine | 2/12/1940 | See Source »

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