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Word: washes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Washington strategists thought a month ago that the African situation might be cleared up in February. Now they hardly hope for victory before summer. Transatlantic supply is slow and difficult. Rains still wash the northern quagmire. Not until late spring or early summer will Tunisia really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF AFRICA: Bloodiest Stage | 2/8/1943 | See Source »

...sleeping quarters were the rear end of one of the trucks fitted out with a desk, two chairs, couch, wash basin, toilet and shower. Along the route he added a porcelain bathtub. Over his bed he pinned a picture of his enemy, Rommel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF AFRICA: Pilgrimage to Mareth | 2/1/1943 | See Source »

...white. But the local newspaper, the Leader-Call, ran a denunciatory editorial about the murder-the third lynching that month for Mississippi-and Governor Paul B. Johnson vowed punishment for the people who had led the mob and, in the words of the Federal jury, inflicted on Howard Wash "unusual and different punishment because of his race and color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Unusual & Different Punishment | 1/25/1943 | See Source »

Care of Wounds. "Wash or douche the wound with clean salt water; this may sting when applied to a raw area but it is good local treatment. Do not attempt vigorous cleaning of fuel oil from a wound; the oil is unlikely to do harm. . . . Sick men are apt to become restless and lightheaded. . . . Keep a lookout that they do not go over the side, because sick men sometimes imagine they are back at home . . . and will, for example, want to go and get themselves a drink of water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Design for Living | 1/25/1943 | See Source »

Last summer high officers preparing the U.S. invasion of North Africa spent days absorbing Smith's records, and the invasion ships carried discs of three or four dialects. Soldiers en route learned phrases useful in military intelligence, such as WASH MIN WAKT TIB-DA SI-NEE-MA (Algerian for "When does the movie begin?"), and in reconnaissance, such as FAYN DAR LO-DOO (Moroccan for "Where is a toilet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Let's Learn Algerian | 1/25/1943 | See Source »

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