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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pramote, who had heard the shot, ducked out the back door and dived into a canal. The Dwarf tore off his blue gown and rushed into the house, firing wildly. He killed Pramote's eight-year-old niece and the Ceylonese guest. Then The Dwarf dashed out, shouting to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SIAM: The Angry Dwarf | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

When Japan launched the Greater East Asia War, Negishi, a skilled mechanic who had saved a little money, decided to go into business on his own. Soon, he owned six factories in Tokyo, making communications parts for the Japanese army. Negishi took off his overalls, moved with his wife and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Entrepreneur | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

Off on one of her regular trips to Mexico City, Roulette Goddord swapped sweet nothings at Los Angeles Airport with a new leading man, Clark Gable. Purred Paulette: "Goodbye, sugar." Cooed Clark: "Goodbye, honey." For newsmen taking down the dialogue, Gable had another line with the old familiar ring: "Just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Off the Chest | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

Bob Hope took an ad lib fall off a barrel on a Hollywood set, landed in the hospital with a badly wrenched back.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Off the Chest | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

"A Little Thing Here ..." Off the diamond, Luke likes flashy ties and clothes (last week he appeared in a green gabardine number), fat black cigars and dry Martinis. Balding and somewhat spavined but not fat, he has a wife and three children, an eleven-acre place in Georgia where he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Durable Hypochondriac | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

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