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Word: thickness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...drinker he prefers beer, but gets his drinking done before 6 p.m., when pubs close in most States. Actually, tea is the national drink because women seldom drink anything stronger than light Australian wines, which are sweet and thick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: Down Under Comes Up | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

Terrible things happen to a nation's postal service when it's at war. Witness the very thick and very official envelope delivered to David M. Little, Master of Adams House, from the Bureau of the Census in Washington...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Census Bureau Asks Report On Gold Coast Alcoholics | 1/8/1942 | See Source »

...develop a stern and realistic attitude and wear a V pin and make sacrifices, because everyone else was. What could he do to help--take a First Aid course maybe, or donate a pint of blood? Brrr! He didn't like the idea of a big, thick needle jabbed in his arm. But here it was--brave new year, brave new Vag; Vag and Victory both start with the same letter. Vag would change, Vag would sacrifice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 1/6/1942 | See Source »

There were tears in Winnie Churchill's eyes at the ovation which greeted him, from isolationist and interventionist Congressmen alike. He shoved his thick, hornrimmed glasses over his nose, blinked, balanced himself like an old sailor. With a sly grin, he made his joke, established himself as one of the boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. At War, Great Decisions | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

...those days the loam in the Genesee bottom lands was 18 feet thick, and the whole valley sprang with grass so rich that wild horses by hundreds roved in it invisibly. It was a stage where the conflicts of a nascent nation played themselves towards ultimate compromise, and it was peopled with some interesting characters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Valley of Pioneers | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

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