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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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"That's Sufficient." Chairman Carl Vinson peered at Radford over his glasses. Did the Navy officially endorse these views? No, said Radford, but "on the large issue involved, my feelings are shared by every senior officer, by practically every experienced officer." He began reeling off names: "Admiral Halsey, Nimitz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Revolt of the Admirals | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

It was a sight to brighten a soldier's eye and the President expressed his pleasure and satisfaction in a gracious little off-the-cuff speech during lunch at the officers' club. He also confessed that as a politician he had been completely fascinated by one of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The President's Week, Oct. 17, 1949 | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

When he took off his pants in a sleeping compartment of the Barcelona-Bilbao express one night last week, New York's Congressman Eugene J. Keogh, Democrat, made a serious mistake. He hung them near the open window. In the next compartment, Congressman James P. Richards, Democrat, of South...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: In a Little Spanish Town | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

Disarming Witness. When his nomination for a third five-year term on FPC came up for discussion in a Senate subcommittee last week, Senators from the oil states dusted off some of Olds's old clippings. The subcommittee "discovered" them with righteous horror, although the same stories had been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Shocking Words | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

Believe the Opposite. "A woman alone at a bar usually expects to meet someone -anyone," he wrote. "Pick girl who wears glasses. Start off by asking a woman what she thinks is the most beautiful thing in the world . . . Believe just the opposite of what people say, especially men, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Convict's Dream | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

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