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Word: steams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when a Halsey-commanded force will steam directly into enemy bases to carry the offensive in an all-out thrust. But Admiral Halsey is not the type to rush headlong into battle. Every move is being planned. He will make no move at sea toward an all-out battle until he knows he has at least a 70-30 chance of victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: A Letter to Tojo | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

...Lucite plastic bearings in a giant citrus-juice extractor are lubricated by the juice they squeeze, are not affected by the sterilizing steam and the fruit acids, which wear down bronze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Plastics' Progress | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

...Hawaiian Airlines (88% owned by Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co.) wants a 2,600-mile run between Hawaii and Los Angeles, would fly passengers, mail and express. CAB has already refused to let Matson Navigation and Inter-Island join with Pan American on this route. Reason: Such control of an airline would open the way for a monopoly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Flight Preliminaries | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

...better, as he usually does, in the 100-yard sprint than he did in the 50. The century trial heat found him in a blanket finish with Ed Hall. Mass State notable, both men being clocked at 53.8. In the final, however, Hall turned on a little more steam to win in 52.6. This time Ammon, who had finished under the same blanket as Hall and Eusden in the heat, took second, and William's Danny Case, who hadn't officially swum in two years placed third. Eusden was fourth...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Rutgers and Princeton Dominate Eastern Swimming Tournament | 3/22/1943 | See Source »

...College dining halls and kitchens, the men have turned over to the other gender jobs of dishwashers, bus boys, salad men, storeroom men, vegetable men, cooks, chef's helper's, bakers, steam table men, and counter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WOMEN TAKE OVER MASCULINE TASKS AS EMPLOYMENT RISES | 3/17/1943 | See Source »

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