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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...asks what the schools of this country have accomplished in the last fifty years, one need only refer for answer to the American Army and Navy in these days of triumphant battle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONANT URGES TRUCE IN WAR OF EDUCATORS | 11/17/1944 | See Source »

...right: you guessed it We refer to Colonel H. Duff Cornelius...

Author: By W.m. Cousins and T.x. Cronin, S | Title: The Lucky Bag | 9/15/1944 | See Source »

...word Stormovik does not refer to a particular aircraft design but to a class of aircraft-"storming" planes-of which the Iliushin is simply the best and best known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Close to the Earth | 7/31/1944 | See Source »

Lady from Michigan. Mrs. George M. Dewey, 66, an energetic housewife of Owosso, Mich. (pop. 17,000) did not mention 'the fact that the home-town folks used to refer to her only child, Tom, as "that smart Dewey kid." (Father George died in 1927.) Sprightly Widow

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Distaff Side | 7/10/1944 | See Source »

...Laurent, Minister of Justice: ". . . a group of from one-tenth to one-half of one percent of the population [of Quebec] should not be taken too seriously. . . . Senator Bouchard is one of those who assert that a spade should be called a spade but sometimes . . . he is apt to refer to such an implement as a steam shovel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada at War: QUEBEC: The Senator Speaks Up | 7/3/1944 | See Source »

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