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Word: ovens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Seagrave often found it expedient to give his nurses unusual responsibility: they gave hypodermics, anesthesia, made diagnoses, delivered babies, drove ambu lances, took full charge of small, outlying hospitals, and in a pinch oven did surgery (under his eye). With the aid of these girls and the local masons, the doctor built a 100-bed hospital out of local cobblestone for $20,000. He followed it with a nurses' home and, finally, a cottage for himself-just in time for the Japs to take over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Speaking of Operations | 8/16/1943 | See Source »

...Whiteside now has the world's most ambiguous job. If the House shares the Senate's conviction that the home front will never get an adequate hearing within WPB, Mr. Whiteside's goose is cooked, and Mr. Nelson's is on the way to the oven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Two Birds with One Stone? | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

...clue came from Belém, an oven-hot seaport on Brazil's hump. There, one day recently, the shanty-lined streets that lead to Belém's airport were abustle with activity. U.S. jeeps and command cars crowded around the field. The Brazilian police departed; Army guards took their place. Presently, from the North sky, a great transport streaked down. It remained on the field several hours refueling, then took off toward the sea. Usually passengers scurry to the airport building to escape the heat, to sip cafezinho (half black coffee, half Brazilian sugar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Appointment in Africa | 2/1/1943 | See Source »

Showing promise of a fine season the third Adams victory was oven more decisive than the score might indicate. The standout performers for the Gold Coast quintet were Bill Wilcox and Ray Holtan, who have been steadily leading the team's attack. Jim Faust took the high scoring honors for the defeated Puritans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BUNNIES BEAT DUNSTER FIVE | 12/16/1942 | See Source »

...there are just one or two other strings attached to getting those passes," Robert S. Kieve '43, hoary-headed Network President Emeritus hinted, rolling his eyes significantly. "I'll oven go so far as to say that, for the first time, wolves may be welcome at the Network door...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Surprise Program' Will Be Heard On Network Tonight | 11/10/1942 | See Source »

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