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Word: pvt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that he was normal in blood pressure, temperature and locomotion, the recruiter swore him in and sent him to Fort Dix, N.J. He had an Army intelligence rating of 28-three points above the lowest level permissible in the service. He also had a tendency to go AWOL. But Pvt. Edgar Owens was considered a "satisfactory" soldier, and he was patiently instructed in the use of weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Man Behind the Gun | 3/2/1953 | See Source »

...interim" world featherweight (126 Ibs.) championship was settled last week in Paris. With the champion, Pvt. Sandy Saddler, as a ringside spectator, Philadelphia Negro Percy Bassett pounded France's Ray Famechon into submission with a fourth-round technical knockout. Famechon was not the only loser. French bookies, who backed their favorite against the weight of the money bet at the fight, lost an estimated 800 million francs ($2,288,000) on the fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fallen Idol | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

...bestow . . . Parents may prod, and leaders may coax, but the boy himself must do the work . . . After a formidable array of obstacles has been surmounted, no award ceremony is too great to convince the boy that for one night at least, he is on top of the world. (PvT.) ALAN F. HUGHES Fort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 25, 1952 | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...Pvt.) JOHN L. SAUER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 10, 1951 | 12/10/1951 | See Source »

...instructors in basic training are probably still shaking their heads sadly. " , , , c _, PVT. STAN COHEN rort Jackson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 5, 1951 | 11/5/1951 | See Source »

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