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Word: rust (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...secret Bachite coating process may make cheap black plate iron important to National Defense as an abundant and rust-resistant substitute for ordinary uses of: 1. Rubber. 2. Aluminum. 3. Copper. 4. Tin. 5. Lead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATIONAL AFFAIRS,FOREIGN NEWS,THE THEATRE OF WAR,BUSINESS & FINANCE,PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS,SCIENCE AND MEDICINE,L: U. S. FOREIGN RELATIONS | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...RUST...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Letters, Oct. 7, 1940 | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

...Andy" McNaughton would probably be the new Principal of McGill University. Canadian farmers as well as scholars have reason to honor him because he did much to eliminate wheat rust. His early ideas about soldiering were radical: he was against Army bands, as too glamorous, and uniforms, because he wanted to see universal defense training for the civil population. These ideas faded as his passion for mathematical precision advanced him. His checking for artillery fire last time in France was so good that sometimes his barrage shots, before Canadian advances, blasted German guns before they could get their muzzle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Dominion Men | 1/1/1940 | See Source »

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