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Word: unhandsomest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1945-1945
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Ginza Goes. Actually Emperor Hirohito's property was only touched-this time. The Ginza, Tokyo's retail thoroughfare (once called "the busiest, noisiest, unhandsomest and most flamboyant of metropolitan streets"), was reported a mass of flames. Tokyo Week has cost the U.S. 31 Superfortresses or $18,600,000 in equipment and something for which there was no price-the lives of about 350 men. Since the B-29 attacks began, six months ago, the U.S. had lost 74 Superfortresses, carrying some 800 airmen. Japan had lost more than one-fifth of its capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF THE SKIES: Honorable Target | 6/4/1945 | See Source »

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