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Word: sternly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Under the constant pounding, the Del Commune began to stagger. Her joints creaked. With every blow her decks seemed to buckle. She sprang a leak under the stern transom. Given time, she seemed bound to shake herself to pieces. "You just cain't go kickin' this river around this way," murmured one of Captain Joe's copilots. "You just cain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Captain Joe & the Old Man | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

Giraud has released a stream of political prisoners, has promised the release of thousands more. He has also attempted to clarify his own political position and reach an understanding with General Charles de Gaulle, tall, stern, autocratic leader of the Fighting French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Retreat from Greatness | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

...face turned stern. "This one's not so hot. What do you mean, sticking a tank up on that block like that?" He looked up and then back at the thin orange-backed book in his hands-then he slowly began to grin, then a broad smile, and then he was laughing again...

Author: By J. ROBERT Moskin, | Title: "IT'S A CINCH, PRIVATE FINCH," IS CREATION OF EX-ADVOCATE MAN | 3/25/1943 | See Source »

...Husband of Novelist G. B. Stern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Case of Geoffrey Holdsworth | 3/22/1943 | See Source »

WASHINGTON--House Republicans; bent on unwavering support of the Ruml "skip-a-year" tax plan, today put off until Thursday a conference on party floor strategy designed to win approval of the proposal over stern Administration opposition...

Author: By United Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 3/16/1943 | See Source »

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