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Word: slew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lady named Pavlichenko stood up in boots to her knees and slew 309 Germans. There were no comments from her fellow soldiers as to how her legs looked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Shall I Have This Baby? | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

...there appears to be enormous reserve strength and a slew of veterans on the line, the backfield is even more loaded with talent, and proven talent. Without doubt, the Penn backfield is one of the best in the country, both in individual ability and in depth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harlow Stresses Pass Offensive In Drill for Star-Laden Quakers | 10/1/1942 | See Source »

Significant item: when a nocturnal mouse invaded Company No. 1's quarters, there were no screams. A WAAC coolly slew it with a well-aimed shoe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: WAACs Go to Camp | 8/3/1942 | See Source »

...slew a red-tape dragon last week. The dragon was called "layering." This is how it worked: if a toiler in WPB's vineyard wanted to get in touch with an Army procurement man, say, he was expected to write a memo which filtered through layers of top executives up and over to the War Department, down through layers again to the procurement man he wanted to reach. Then his answer would boggle back through the same layers, days or weeks later, smothered with seals, O.K.s, stamped approvals and question marks. Henceforth he had WPB and Army instructions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Under the Layers | 4/6/1942 | See Source »

...Cadmus, Prince of Phoenicia, slew a dragon with Athene's help: its teeth, when sown, sprang from the earth as fully armed soldiers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cyclorama: Third Panel | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

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