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Word: pythons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...buckskin and raw rubber can withstand the buzz-saw effect of eight machine guns, set in fours in the leading wing-edge of British pursuit planes so that their fixed fire converges. The British censorship last week released photographs of such a pursuit ship: 1) being fed its python-like ration of bullets; 2) standing over a drift of empty cartridges during a trial burst of fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE AIR: Rubber and Buckskin | 2/5/1940 | See Source »

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