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Word: paragraphs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...battle: death, injury, disease and the grim terror of loneliness. There is not much peace, not much good will. But the other night the Army field censor was going through the unit's letters and he silently handed me one short note and pointed to the final paragraph. It was from an Ohio private to his wife: "It will be a different Christmas this year. The altar will be a fallen tree in this stinking jungle. All around there will be the stink of sweat, unwashed clothes and the fainter, sweeter smell of death. But as I kneel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: CHRISTMAS IN THE JUNGLE | 12/28/1942 | See Source »

...issue I read, incredulously, the following paragraph under Education: "But the future of the moron is not completely dark. The war has temporarily created jobs for morons: they are filling in as errand boys and girls, waiters, elevator operators, nurses' aides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 21, 1942 | 12/21/1942 | See Source »

Eccentricities of businessmen often make the case writers' job more difficult than it need be. One man insisted that his name appear in the title every time although the name of the company couldn't be used. Another man refused to sign a release unless a paragraph was added stating the company was well managed and that future earnings appeared likely...

Author: By Donald BOOZ G.b. and Harry NEWMAN G.b., S | Title: CASE SYSTEM NEEDS SLEUTHLIKE RESEARCH MAN | 12/1/1942 | See Source »

...wish also you had printed the courageous paragraph from Society in America-the book reviewed was a by-product of that work-as an inspiration to us hypacusics. She said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 16, 1942 | 11/16/1942 | See Source »

...separate commands in the Far Pacific, and it did this partly because of jealousy of MacArthur's great popularity and partly because the conservative opposition press launched a MacArthur-for-President campaign-without any encouragement from the General himself." The statement was buried in the 17th paragraph of a Pacific roundup story, but it made big reading by the time it reached the Australian headlines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MacArthur's Credo | 11/9/1942 | See Source »

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