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Word: pitter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...G.I.s liked Salzburg with its mossy stone and patinaed copper. The Red Cross had moved into the Mirabell Casino, and G.I.s listened to symphony concerts in the Mirabell Castle's gardens.* Then, oblivious to the echoes of Mozart's minuets, they jitterbugged in the old, staid Hotel Pitter, which had suddenly acquired something known as the Sky Haven Garden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: G.I. Metamorphosis | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

...pitter-patter of their small army shoes

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cherry-Blossom Petals | 6/18/1945 | See Source »

...haul men, munitions and supplies from battleships and transports on to enemy shores, thus speed and simplify dangerous invasion jobs. Donald looked around for a manufacturer, finally handed the order to nearby Food Machinery Corp. (spray pumps, fruit washers, etc.), which normally makes nothing more deadly than a peach pitter, but had made parts for Roebling's experimental models. Today Food Machinery alone has orders for over $50,000,000 worth of Alligators, and hundreds of others are being made by Borg-Warner, Graham-Paige Motors and St. Louis Car Co. More than 100 Alligators already have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Alligators by Roebling | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

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