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Word: units (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pierce the enveloping mist of popular applause and adulation to present the war leaders as they really were. With an almost too brutal frankness are exposed the stupidity of Joffre in failing to provide adequate defenses at Verdun, and the incredible obstinacy of General Pershing in insisting that the United States Army fight as a separate unit when reinforcements were vitally needed by both the French and British troops...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 2/15/1939 | See Source »

Attorney General Frank Murphy, whose sister calls him Christlike, last week named the man to run his new Civil Liberties Unit: Henry A. Schweinhaut, the special assistant who prosecuted civil-liberties violations in Harlan County, Ky. and in Jersey City. Besides protecting liberty's delicate flower, Mr. Murphy last week received the grubbier task of rooting evil weeds out of the Federal judiciary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JUDICIARY: Flower and Weeds | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

...high jumpers in the six-foot bracket include Captain Bob Haydock, Gil Aertsen, and Irving Michelman. And on an approximately even par with the Sophomore kangaroo are Rock Hollands and Paul Morgan. The shotput and discus trio of George Downing, Howie Mendel, and Nat Heard is perhaps the strongest unit on the team, while Bill Shallow, Arnie Gale, and Bob Sears will bear the brunt of the hammer-throwing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/11/1939 | See Source »

...this plan the Council report said, "It should be emphasized, however, that such a unit could never take the place of a new House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Council Recommends That New House Be Erected | 2/9/1939 | See Source »

...prayers." > A group should arrange early to hear from a priest about the Doctrine of the Mystical Body-which holds that with Christ as the Head, all Christians are members of His mystical body, and of one another. > It takes about three years to build an efficient Catholic Action unit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Out Loud | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

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