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Word: rolles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...them from lethargy to lethal effectiveness in a few short weeks. To replace plane losses, they built spare-parts crates from wrecked machines. Kenney himself invented the low-level parachute-fragmentation bomb and adopted skip bombing as a standard technique against Japanese ships. Once plane and personnel replacements began roll in, the Jap air forces didn't have a chance. One year after his arrival in the Pacific, Kenney gave them a session which they themselves referred to as the "Black Day." On Aug. 17, 1943, over New Guinea, his "kids" destroyed 150 enemy planes one loss. Long before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pilot's Brass | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...even elected to the delegation to the convention. Instead, he went to Chicago alone and there executed one of the shrewdest tricks in recent political history. He approached the delegation from Puerto Rico, talked them into giving him their standard, and sat as their leader when the roll call began. When the clerk got to Puerto rice, "Alcalde Jaime Miguel Culeo" delivered the Island's vote for Roosevelt. It was Curley, too, who led the landslide on the fourth roll call that ended in Roosevelt's candidacy for President...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Colorful Mayor Dominates Boston Political Operations | 10/29/1949 | See Source »

...next seventeen games the Hanoverites would have done well to have scheduled Boston Latin instead of Harvard. Until 1901 the Indians stayed camped at their end of the field, allowing the Crimson to roll up 533 points against their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Indians Lose First 18, But show Improvement | 10/22/1949 | See Source »

Jaakke Mikkola's cross-country squad, however, despite a recent history of defeat plled on defeat, continues to roll on. Well over the required 12 men need to filed a team are working out every afternoon for the varsity, and an even larger number is on hand to swell the freshman ranks...

Author: By Gene R. Keahney, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/20/1949 | See Source »

Though Kirkland lost its first game, it turned in a very creditable performance against Winthrop. The Deacons were able to roll up considerable yardage through the rugged Puritan defense, and its own line yielded only one touchdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop, Kirkland Favored In House Grid Games Today | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

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