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Word: valiant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...vote of the delegates; 3) clean-out of racketeers in A. F. of L.'s ranks. Mr. Green, with the smell of I. A. T. S. E. cigar smoke still in his clothes, considered, agreed to the first two, hedged on the third. At week's end, valiant Mr. Dubinsky led the garment workers back anyway, deciding apparently that he could fight for his third point better from within than from without. Said Pegler: "The garment workers . . . have begun a fight against . . . criminals in organized labor, and David Dubinsky will deserve credit for the eventual victory." Mr. Green...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: New Voices | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

...Best actress: Sara Allgood, as ill-used, valiant-hearted Juno in the revival of Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Annual Report | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

...part of German tactics to confuse public opinion. Here we know few details of the fighting. After eight months, the wild best let loose has launched his masses of machines against neutrals who, like you, had faith in treaties. But there was no ocean to protect them. They were valiant but helpless. They were in the way. It pays not to be too close. They were murdered. Bombers, tanks, and machine guns force ahead into France...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MORIZE BIDS AMERICA SLEEP WELL, BE CONFIDENT, IN PARIS BROADCAST | 5/22/1940 | See Source »

...valiant Army and to my courageous soldiers I give greetings from the whole country. In them, the worthy heirs of the heroes of 1914, we place all our trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Leopold Goes to War | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

...heavy (1,870-ton) Afridi with two two-gun turrets fore and aft, might well be mistaken for the Queen Elizabeth, Warspite or Valiant, by landlubber air pilots traveling 300 m.p.h. a half-mile aloft. The big (2,436-ton) Bison, with three stacks, could less easily be mistaken for the two-stacked York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE AIR: Bomb Finale | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

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