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Word: swifts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...opinion of this writer that Addis will be the more valuable Brave. A swift loft fielder with a capable arm, he batted 346 for St. Paul, Dodger farm team of the American Association, and will probably open the season in that sector for the Boston club next year...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 10/4/1949 | See Source »

...Does the Marshal expect that the war of words now being waged against him by the Cominform will be followed by a war of bullets, even as Hitler's barrage of invectives was the prelude for swift movement of panzer battalions...

Author: By John G. Simon, | Title: Tito Sees No Soviet Attack, Mather Says Following Visit | 9/29/1949 | See Source »

...surprise few that U.S. aluminum-producing facilities were completely dominated by Alcoa, Reynolds Metals and-Henry Kaiser's Permanente Metals; that the Big Four tobacco companies-American Tobacco, Liggett & Myers, R. J. Reynolds, P. Lorillard-owned 87.8% of all the industry's manufacturing facilities; that Armour and Swift controlled 54.7% of U.S. meat-packing capital assets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: The Giants | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

...presenting this series, Roy Larsen, president of TIME Inc., has this to say: "Our magazines are dedicated to the distribution of information-and this applies to their advertising as well as to their editorial pages. Just as the work of our world could not go on without the swift exchange of news-so would our economy grind to a halt without the swift exchange of goods and news about those goods. It is to the wider understanding of this basic truth that this 'Campaign About Advertising' is directed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Aug. 29, 1949 | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

...range of 40,000 yards), then gingerly shadowed the big ship by radar through the night until the British battle cruiser Hood and the new battleship Prince of Wales could go into action. What happened next shocked British witnesses and was soon to shock the world. One minute the swift battle cruiser Hood, biggest ship of the English fleet, was methodically firing from her 15-inch guns as she closed with the enemy. Two or three minutes later, she had sunk from sight. At around 25,000 yards, the Bismarck had sent the Hood down with only five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Big Chase | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

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