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Word: racks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Except for the armed guard at the door, the khaki uniforms and the rack of chevron-emblazoned coats, the office looks like any other publication's editorial rooms, even to the crimson coke machine and the maps on the walls...

Author: By J. ROBERT Moskin, | Title: 'Yank' Glorifies Army's Average Enlistees, Published Here and Abroad by Noncoms | 3/10/1943 | See Source »

...Angeles matron bought 16 dresses, four suits, three coats, the cheapest $69.95. One hefty customer grabbed a size-12 dress off a rack, told the salesgirl: "Yes, I'm too big for it, but I can always find someone to buy it from me if I can't have it altered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Me I'll Take Care Of | 3/8/1943 | See Source »

...battle itself was played in very cold weather on an unusually large rink. The Cadets, despite their cellar rating, put on a good performance, covering very well in front of their cage, and it took good hockey on the part of Coach John Chase's men to rack up six goals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHASEMEN ROUND BACK INTO FORM WITH CRUSHING 6-1 DEFEAT OF ARMY | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

...racks and sights are simple, efficient devices. Designed by an Air Forces officer, the rack can carry two demolition and two smoke bombs (for marking sub locations), is operated by a lever on the floor. The bombsight, hung outside the window, is effective up to 3,000 feet and is made of materials worth only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: Sights & Racks | 1/25/1943 | See Source »

Lucius Beebe cast his eye back over the bloody year of 1942, recalled baked lobster Savannah, soft-shell crabs, roulade of sand crabs, jugged saddle of hare, monies marinières, rack of lamb, shrimp Creole, Strasbourg foie gras, Dom Perignon champagne, pompano belle meunière, venison steak grand veneur, shad roe bonne femme, terrapin stew, escallopini of veal, oysters Rockefeller, pheasant in casserole and eggs gashouse. . . . Concluded the Lucullan Lucius: "Betcha it won't be like this next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jan. 4, 1943 | 1/4/1943 | See Source »

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