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Word: throat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pained Silence. In Chicago, JoeKuchan reported that he had been robbed of nearly $6,000 four days before, explained that he had not mentioned it sooner because he had a sore throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 11, 1943 | 10/11/1943 | See Source »

...Before the war Hess was a paranoid, hoped to retire to the Bavarian Alps for rest and nerve repair. As the months of captivity passed in Scotland, he developed a persecution mania. "They" were trying to "choke me." Sometimes when he said this his hands would fly to his throat and he would stagger backward, screaming. A psychologist finally learned who "they" were: the people of Europe. Screamed Hess: "Like grass, they grow, higher and higher. They think we are evil and they hate us. The war goes on longer and they get stronger and stronger. From all over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: THE TWILIGHT OF RUDOLF HESS | 9/13/1943 | See Source »

Scholastic'lly the school is highly rated, The curriculum is rather complicated, And by the time a student's graduated He hasn't learned a goddam thing Except to clear his throat and sing: Fight on for Tannenbaum! Regardless if you reside in Peru or Guam, Give your might for and fight for One, two, three, four, Five, six, seven, eight, nine, Tannenbaum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Loony Lieder | 9/13/1943 | See Source »

...identified them all now," she said with the proper degree of sadness. "It wasn't a pleasant job, though. We had to dig one chap's dog tag out of his throat, and another had his wallet driven into his abdomen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Three Miles East | 9/13/1943 | See Source »

More Fun. Old Exterminator finally petered out, bringing a lump into Scott's throat and the feeling that "my sword had been taken away." But Scott put her old guns into his new ship, and they soon became the machine's "real soul." Sometimes he would think of his family and feel homesick. Once he told General Chennault that he wished he could just press a button that would kill all the Japs and let the squadron go home. "Aw now, Scotty," said the General, "we don't want to do that. . . . Think of how much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Books, Aug. 9, 1943 | 8/9/1943 | See Source »

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