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Word: mouthings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Germans still held four Estonian islands blocking the mouth of the Gulf of Riga-the large islands of Dagö and Oesel, the smaller inshore islands of Vormsi and Muhu. Last week the Russians seized Vormsi and Muhu by amphibious assault, landed marines and tanks. Berlin claimed that German warships had tangled with the Red Fleet, now freely ranging the eastern Baltic, and had sunk many landing barges-but there was no claim of dislodging the Reds from their island footholds. Heavier naval action in the Baltic seemed likely soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF GERMANY (East): On to Riga | 10/9/1944 | See Source »

...defense: the isolationist record of the Republicans in Congress who opposed Lend-Lease and other preparedness measures. He ridiculed Republicans who have changed their views, and said, while labor leaders applauded: "I am too old for that. I cannot talk out of both sides of my mouth at the same time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Old Magic | 10/2/1944 | See Source »

...estimated numbers (some now prisoners) whom the Nazis left behind: Cherbourg 35,000; Saint-Malu 4,000; Brest 35,000; Lorient 10,000; Saint-Nazaire 10,000; Le Havre 9,000; Boulogne 7,000; Calais 10,000; Dunkirk 10,000; Mouth of the Scheldt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: The Miracle of Supply | 9/25/1944 | See Source »

...Streptothricin can be given by vein, injection under the skin, or by mouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Streptothricin | 9/25/1944 | See Source »

...Bethesda (Md.) Naval Hospital. Cauliflower-eared Sonnenberg played football for Dartmouth and the Providence Steamrollers, taught in Detroit high schools, introduced football's flying tackle to wrestling, topped most of his ringmates in grunting & groaning. He once lost a "championship" when a moth flew into his mouth and choked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 25, 1944 | 9/25/1944 | See Source »

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