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Word: navale (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Soyuzov (House of Unions), where it lay in state, to Red Square, two blocks away, walked a group carrying a giant portrait of the dead man. Next came nine generals, one admiral, three civilians, each carrying on a red plush pillow one of Zhdanov's 13 military, naval and civilian decorations. 'The open red and black draped coffin rode on a caisson pulled by six jet-black, white-harnessed horses. Zhdanov's mustached, lifeless face was green in the glittering sunlight. Beside the caisson walked Stalin, with Molotov on his right; and behind Stalin, youngish (47), tough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: A Son of the Bourgeoisie | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

...Navy got full command of all antisubmarine and naval actions, whether naval or Air Force planes were employed. But the Air Force got absolute control over all strategic bombing, whether launched from bases or Navy carriers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Just Big Mo | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...accomplishment of which he was proud was the Washington Naval Conference, which in 1922 seemed like a long step toward peace. He resolutely refused to recognize the revolutionary government of Russia, declaring that "no state is entitled to a place within the family of nations" if it repudiates the rights of private property. He was wildly attacked for this stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JUDICIARY: We Serve Our Hour | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

Bookstores bulged with patriotic literature, from Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter's 17th Century naval exploits to descriptions of Juliana's cookery. Tall heralds tried to fit into costumes which had been tailored for shorter, rounder men of an earlier day; the thrifty Dutch had saved the costumes for generations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: The Woman Who Wanted a Smile | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...Water. But at week's end, Harry Truman was in hot water again. Leaving Washington for a two-day cruise on the Potomac accompanied only by his naval aide, the President precipitately decided on his new Secretary of Labor: handsome, 47-year-old Maurice J. Tobin, Boston's popular ex-mayor and former governor of Massachusetts (1945-46). The one point the President had neglected was to get Tobin's acceptance in advance. A candidate for governor again, Tobin was in no hurry to make up his mind about accepting or rejecting the Cabinet job. Before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Wide of the Mark | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

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