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Word: rootes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Root of present difficulties is in the phrase insisted on by the British Cabinet -"with due respect for their existing obligations." The phrase, as New York Timesman. James B. Reston wrote: ". . . has troubled those officials who believe that a real economic peace can be obtained only if all the powerful nations of the world are prepared to reconsider their 'existing obligations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Beyond the Horizon | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

Coach Reggie Root's boys of Blue look slightly stronger on paper, but due to the mutual weakness in pass defense of both teams, it looks like anybody's ball game...

Author: By A.edward Rowse, | Title: Coach Boston Sends Yardlings into Final Battle Today Against Favored Bulldogs | 11/21/1941 | See Source »

...nurse's question made Rebecca West remember that the word "idiot" comes from a Greek root meaning a private person, and that idiocy is a "female defect" of women intent on leading their own lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heaven and Earth in the Balkans | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

Just beginning to take root in colleges throughout the country, "France Forever" is springing up locally at Radcliffe and Wellesley as well as at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "FRANCE FOREVER" MOVEMENT MAKES INROADS ON COLLEGE | 10/17/1941 | See Source »

...From a Greek root, meaning one who sheds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: For the Publicity | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

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