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Word: tireless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...positions, U.N. observers probably have the better of it; with air supremacy over the battle lines, their plane crews have charted a growing maze of trenches, bunkers and caves, which now honeycomb almost every Red-held mountaintop and dominating ridge line. On some key peaks, the Reds, who are tireless diggers, have made perimeter entrenchments all the way around the slopes and have apparently built tunnels through from one side to another, in order to shift troops quickly and furnish impregnable shelter against allied bombs and heavy artillery. Bunkers with alternate layers of pine logs and earth, from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF KOREA: Twilight War | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

Cohn runs the Lab with octopus-like efficiency and inspires his helpers to work long hours by his own almost tireless example. He seems to exert direct control over almost all of the lab, including the design of pamphlet covers. Believing that scientific information should be released to scientists first, he refuses to give press interviews or allow members of his staff to be quoted on scientific matters...

Author: By David C. D. rogers, | Title: Jaundiced Students Contribute Blood To Dampen Effects of Atomic War | 1/31/1952 | See Source »

...more than six years, W. Stuart Symington has been a tireless troubleshooter for Harry Truman. He has handled four mettle-testing Washington assignments since Truman brought him in from St. Louis in 1945 as Surplus Property Administrator. Last week, with a casual shrug of the shoulders, Truman dropped the word that he will accept Symington's resignation some time this month. Truman didn't seem to care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Troubleshooter's Exit | 1/14/1952 | See Source »

Married. Michelle Bridgit Farmer, 19, up & coming actress (the French film, Monte Carlo Baby), daughter of tireless stage & screen Siren Gloria Swanson and her fourth husband, Michael Farmer; and Robert Amon, 37, Turkish-born Paris moviemaker; in Paterson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 31, 1951 | 12/31/1951 | See Source »

...play more of a team game. There's a good position player at left wing. Tom Fransioli. He has plenty of stamina, can shoot with either foot, but he must learn to shoot more for goals instead of merely crossing the ball. Reserve inside Roland Hok plays a fast tireless game, is a good dribbler, but his passes lack accuracy...

Author: By David C. D. rogers, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 10/24/1951 | See Source »

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