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Word: preparedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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"Many coaches merely pray for clear weather instead of being prepared for rain with a weapon which clicks any day. Rain jeopardizes passes, mud curtails fancy running plays, but kicking rises in effectiveness in bad weather. Teams must kick twice as often in bad weather and better kicking wins in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONTROL KICKING NEW TOUCHDOWN STRATEGY | 10/19/1939 | See Source »

The beaver, who knows when he is out on a limb, prepared to vacate.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Law for the Beaver | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

Had anyone, on the panicky night of Oct. 24, 1929, freed his mind of the prevailing depression long enough to consider the U. S. in October, 1939, he might have foreseen the end of prohibition. But nothing in the world of 1929 or in its habits of thought would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Pursuit of Happiness | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

Finnish Bargain. Spunkier than the other Baltic States, Finland last week partially mobilized, prepared to drive a bargain with the Soviet Union rather than simply capitulate. Instead of going to Moscow himself, Finnish Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko sent his diplomatic subordinate, the Finnish Minister to Sweden Juho Paasikivi, a onetime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Stalin Shackles | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

I know that you, faithful to your belief in Germany, are prepared for any sacrifice.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EASTERN THEATRE: This Day Ends a Battle | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

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