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Word: plaited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...trail rope to throw that out piece by piece. Soon after he heard the cries of sea gulls and looked down to see the lights of beachside restaurants and hotels. A woman was walking down a long, straight road. "Madame," called Joseph politely, "s'il vous plait, l'Angleterre ici?" The Englishwoman looked up. "Oui, monsieur," she answered and continued steadily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERIPATETICS: Flight by Moonlight | 9/19/1949 | See Source »

Near a soft-drink bar in the main building of the University of Ottawa hangs a crudely crayoned sign: "S'il vous plait-please-pas de bouteilles-no bottles-dans le-in the-gym." Students shout to each other in English, answer in French. Professors teach all courses in two languages. Everywhere on the campus of Canada's lone bilingual university le bilinguisme is casually accepted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: ONTARIO: Father Raspberry's School | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

...Twenty-five hours later, a Long Island Railroad passenger special hit an open (hand-operated) switch at Kings Park, L.I., promptly folded itself into a herringbone plait. Injured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORT: Bad Weekend | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

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