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Word: pampered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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With so much at stake, Russian officers could not afford to pamper wounded men. If a man could walk and carry a gun, a dressing was enough. They returned to the fight, which was tragically like the British withdrawal from Greece. All day the German dive-bombers, horrible with screech-sirens, aimed at flesh and nerves. All night the Russians had to plant land mines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia At War: BATTLE FRONT: Toughest Fight Ahead | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

...tippling, has-been playwright (Thomas Mitchell), a dapper drugstore cowboy (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), a lady of the evening (Rita Hayworth). In a Broadway honky-tonk they tie up with a small-time larcenist (John Qualen) about to commit suicide rather than face punishment for filching $3,000 to pamper his faithless wife. Before the evening is over they unite to win Qualen another $3,000, get themselves into some tense brushes with gamblers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Latest Labors | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

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