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Word: quit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that case we leave," Premier Pierlot said. The Ministers quit the castle and went to Dunkirk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: Why Leopold Quit | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

...night the argument went on, growing bitter as time passed. The Ministers urged the King to quit the Army and go to France or England. According to the account of Foreign Minister Spaak, Premier Pierlot finally said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: Why Leopold Quit | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

...actress with station WGN. Within a few months she was busy writing and acting in her first and almost interminable masterwork, Painted Dreams. Irna continued to turn out Painted Dreams until 1932, when WGN refused an offer to sell it to a national network. In a huff, Irna quit the station, filed suit to reclaim her drama, went to work for NBC. Still undetermined, after eight years in the courts, is the ownership of Painted Dreams. Whether she owned it or not, Irna didn't hesitate to fashion her next opera upon it. This one was called Today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Script Queen | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

...They quit the Arctic war zone after approving a Norwegian surrender ending the two-months old war in Norway. The official German news agency, D.N. B., announced that hostilities between the German and Norwegian armies in northern Norway ended at midnight Sunday, Berlin time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Over the Wire | 6/9/1940 | See Source »

...prettiest bullies I ever did dig anywhere in more than twenty five years, I am enclosing a picture showing what she looked like going over the top and so the nice folks that were worried and wrote me can quit worrying because everything turned out just exactly right. And I sure want every one of them to know that I thoroughly appreciate their kind thoughts toward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 27, 1940 | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

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