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Word: pense (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rocks for Charles Boyer. From Australia, General MacArthur sent the1st Division to Cape Gloucester, which was so miserable one sergeant swore: "In the next war I ain't even gonna plant a victory garden." The Japs weren't too numerous, but Hill 660 was steep and slippery and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tales of the Pacific | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

¶ A Manhattan department store offered left-handed corkscrews, fountain pens, watches, shears and checkbooks, just in time for Christmas.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW PRODUCTS: Something for Lefty | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Born to wealth (his father was a railroad tycoon), Firbank spent most of his short life roaming around the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, halting, as the whim seized him, in a tent in the desert, a palace in Portugal or an old house in Constantinople. He carried around with him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Perfect Dear | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

During the war, U. S. soldiers made pocket money selling fountain pens to the Italians. Now the tables are turned. The streets are full of small boys selling cheap fountain pens called "Parker 51," which they manage to pronounce enough enough like "Parker 51" to make gullible Americans think they...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster jr., | Title: Italy Has Jeeps, Cokes, Monuments, Students Find | 10/25/1949 | See Source »

When the Peronista majority did as it was told, the 40 radical deputies in the 188-member Congress staged an unprecedented scene. One Radical took copies of Peron's new constitution, tore them to bits and threw them in the air. Another smashed a cup and saucer, skimmed the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Up to Da+e | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

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