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Word: plowland (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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South of Travemünde, the eleventh meridian lances through fir-tufted hills. With Teutonic thoroughness, the Reds have driven a 33-ft. strip of plowland through villages, fields and farmyards. On the highways the new divide is a steel barrier, or a deep-dug ditch; sometimes, it is a sea of soft sand, carefully smoothed so as to catch the footprints of all who try to pass. Heavily armed Vopos glare across the meridian at the outnumbered West German guards. Behind them in the Communist hinterland is silence and fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: The Eleventh Meridian | 7/7/1952 | See Source »

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