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Word: mortain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most other art forms, the purest blooms were among the first to appear. The "Head of Christ," for example, outshines the more recent and more sophisticated works on the following page. From the awkward but highly animated and magnificently colored "Saint Martin" through the comparatively slick, elaborate "Pierre de Mortain" to the mannered "Sibyl," the panels show a steady change from simple, abstract design to naturalistic representation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: THE GLORY OF GLASS | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

...Corps and the rest of the Third Army that poured through the gap. The XX Corps' first major job was to clear the north bank of the Loire, but some of Walker's units helped to beat back the enemy counterattack at Mortain and pincer the German Seventh Army at Falaise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMAND: Old Pro | 7/31/1950 | See Source »

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