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Word: needed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Staff was premised on the assumption that the U.S. would be attacked. "We will have to carry the war back to the enemy by all means at our disposal. I am convinced that this will include strategic air bombardment and large-scale land operations." There would be little need for Pacific island-hopping after the early phases, he thought, or any need for such amphibious operations as the Normandy invasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Incorrigible & Indomitable | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...world are of one mind in their determination to solve their common problems . . ." He also called for adoption of the U.S. plan for international atomic energy control, which Russia has been blocking. It was a nice celebration, and deserved the world's earnest best wishes; it would need them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: The Four-Year-Olds | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...they prided themselves on their travelers' checks. I said I'd telephone collect and the American Express could put them straight, but they said no. They loaned me 100 rubles and offered to give me a guide, but I said, 'No thanks, I don't need one. I'd rather just look around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERIPATETICS: VIP | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...looked as if the Indian freshmen wouldn't need the extra point they missed on the first try as they galloped 77 yards for another touchdown in the same period and added the point to lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling football Team wins Over Dartmouth, 21-19 | 10/30/1949 | See Source »

Under the heading of the word color comes Curley's gift for public speaking. Originally, he was only a commonplace orator but he sensed the need for inspiring speech-making even before he was mayor. He studied nights under a Professor Staley at a public speaking school in Boston. Staley comments that Curley was so unrefined when he first went to the school that the young man had a very difficult time convincing the professor to keep him. Curley soon became Staley's best pupil, and even now, the teacher still sends written comments to the mayor on each...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Colorful Mayor Dominates Boston Political Operations | 10/29/1949 | See Source »

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