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Word: punctilios (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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...limit of 64. No more the khaki and the Sam Brown belt. Dressed like plain John Citizen, the baker, the butcher, the politician and the banker, he will go his way modest ly in mufti. Ofttimes, doubtless, he will yearn for his military life, its punctilio and its elan. But the rule of the Army is inexorable, and John Jo seph Pershing likes it for its unyieldingness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Defense of Defense Day | 8/11/1924 | See Source »

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