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Word: owl (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thought were gone forever. Complete with pictures, "Xs" marking spots, big-time crime had busted loose on Page 1 again. All the worn but reliable cliches were dusted off: "Big black sedan . . . sawed-off shotguns . . . far-flung man hunt . . . cold-blooded killers." Roger ("The Terrible") Touhy, Bad Basil ("The Owl") Banghart and five other long-term incorrigibles had lammed from Illinois' supposedly escape-proof Stateville Prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Back to the Roaring '20s | 10/19/1942 | See Source »

Bambi (Bambi, Thumper, Flower, Faline, Friend Owl; TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Oct. 12, 1942 | 10/12/1942 | See Source »

...Miles's new owl-sight goggles are designed to eliminate this period of waiting for the eyes to get used to darkness. Having found that the rods work better in red light, he made his goggles of red filters. A lookout who wears them for 30 minutes before going on duty can see almost instantly when he steps into darkness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: How to See in the Dark | 10/5/1942 | See Source »

Bambi (Bambi, Thumper, Flower, Faline, Friend Owl; TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Sep. 28, 1942 | 9/28/1942 | See Source »

Bambi (Bambi, Thumper, Flower, Faline, Friend Owl; TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Sep. 21, 1942 | 9/21/1942 | See Source »

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