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Word: shel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three months crews of ten Fortresses (100 men) wore the armor, plus regulation steel helmets, on regular missions over Europe. Grow's figures showed that at least nine owed their lives to it; many more were saved from serious wounds. One man survived a 20-mm. shel' which exploded two feet from his head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - EQUIPMENT: Armor for Airmen | 6/14/1943 | See Source »

...losing their first game, the Bellboys were far off stride, garnering but 14 points throughout the contest. "Shel" Sachs was the driving force for Lowell filling the basket for 10 points while teammate Jack Penson made the remaining four. Norman Cameron led the Bunnies with his total...

Author: By Bill Elser, | Title: Bunnies, Funsters, Deacons, Puritans Win Cage Tussles | 1/7/1942 | See Source »

...Harvard groups which has put forth any tangible effort to further the aims which the College as a whole has espoused. The money collected from the students will provide food, clothing, and shelter for the harassed sons of Albion. Everything from bomb-proof shelters for shel-shocked children, to rubber gloves for fire fighters will be purchased with the funds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Help From Harvard | 5/13/1941 | See Source »

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