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Word: surer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Said General McNair: "We must hate with every fiber . . . We must lust for battle; our object in life must be to kill; we must scheme and plan night and day to kill. There need be no pangs of conscience, for our enemles have lighted the way to faster, surer, crueler killing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 7, 1942 | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

...must hate with every fiber of our being. We must lust for battle; our object in life must be to kill; we must scheme and plan night and day to kill. There need be no pangs of conscience, for our enemies have lighted the way to faster, surer, crueler killing. They are past masters. We must hurry to catch up with them if we are to survive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joy and Hate | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

This is by far the best plan offered to discourage spending and halt inflation. It would go a long way toward making victory surer if Congress would give it the opportunity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BRASS TACKS | 10/29/1942 | See Source »

...Meets Mule. To many a mountain soldier, spring with its mules was a comedown. When trooper met mule, man & beast were mutually suspicious. The Army began a glamorizing campaign, argued that mules were smarter, surer-footed and more playful than horses, hung a sign: "Through These Portals Pass the Most Beautiful Mules in the World" (see cut, p. 62). Result: many a ski trooper volunteered to work with the animals, now thinks that mules as well as skis have their points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Summer in the Mountains | 8/24/1942 | See Source »

...This latest assault on human freedom is, in a profound sense, a searching test for nations and for individuals. There is no surer way for men and for nations to show themselves unworthy of liberty than, by supine submission and refusal to fight, to render more difficult the task of those who are fighting for the preservation of human freedom. There is no surer way for men and for nations to show themselves worthy of liberty than to fight for its preservation, in any way that is open to them, against those who would destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Voice from the Mountain | 8/3/1942 | See Source »

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