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Word: phelps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Like many another service wife, Mrs. Phelps doesn't know her husband well. She met him when her brother brought him home from Fort Monmouth; they decided to get married when he was transferred to communications school at Harvard. In his 30 months' absence, Mrs. Phelp's conception of her tall (6 ft. 3½ in.) and handsome husband grew. The sweater she was knitting grew in proportion. When she got the picture of him, she saw what she had done: the sweater came halfway to his knees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Think of the Moment | 2/26/1945 | See Source »

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