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Word: trunksful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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1) Though dissolved by Presidential decree of May 15, 1939, the Nazi Party continues to operate in Argentina; 2) It is organized on military lines and permeates the country with cells; 3) The German Embassy participates directly in Nazi activities. Promised was a fuller report on Ambassador von Thermann, containing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Hunting a Nazi | 9/8/1941 | See Source »

At week's end the report had not been confirmed, but in any case, Ukraine rains had been torrential for almost a month, and detailed descriptions poured through Europe's gossip centers of "an avalanche of unstemmed water, floating wreckage and drowned men, trees, livestock, and houses down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Mopping and Draining | 9/1/1941 | See Source »

Mrs. P. G. Wodehouse took a train (and 19 trunks) to Berlin from France, saw her husband for the first time in a year (see p. 55).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Aug. 4, 1941 | 8/4/1941 | See Source »

Trees gnarled by accident most often bend from their bases. But genuine Indian markers show "acute or right-angled bend in their main trunks, usually from two to five feet above their bases. Rising vertically from the bent trunks are one or more . . . secondary trunks" (see cut).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Indian Signs | 7/7/1941 | See Source »

From 100 to 300 years ago, Indians twisted the saplings by lashing their tops down with rawhide or vines, weighting them with rocks or soil, or pegging them down with stakes. From about 200 feet to a half-mile apart, their trunks paralleled a trail's direction. Rows of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Indian Signs | 7/7/1941 | See Source »

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