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Word: waterous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week New York's Communist Councilman Benjamin J. Davis explained why it is Communists all think and act alike. "Communism is a science," he declared, "and science is the same everywhere. H2O is water in Moscow and H2O is water in America. We are not against water because it happens to be HoO in Moscow. It is ridiculous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Gentleman, Very Timid | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...Stovepipe Wells in California's Death Valley, where many a forty-niner died of thirst before he could get to the gold fields, two resort operators sank a 200-ft. shaft, brought in a well producing 40 gallons of water a minute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Jan. 26, 1948 | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...Democrat. Fighting the Japanese, he suffered several crushing defeats; to save his face, Chiang gave him ringing government titles. In 1946 Feng told the Generalissimo that he wanted to go to the U.S. to study water conservation and act as good-will ambassador for Chiang. "Whatever you wish, Ta Ko [Big Brother]," said Chiang. Ever since then, Feng has been in the U.S., making violent proCommunist, anti-Chiang propaganda. Cried he of Chiang: "Reactionary . . . dictator . . . traitor ... his rule must be overthrown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Turner of Spears | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...Water Jumps and Slaloms...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Too Cold? Ankles Broken? Try Water Skiing Next Time | 1/22/1948 | See Source »

...Water-ski jumps usually consist of wooden platforms set with rollers or slime covered ramps aimed skyward at a forty-five degree angle. The two principle points the aspirant jumper must bear in mind as he finds himself launched into the air by this maniacal device are: (1) he must release the tow rope at the top of the jump; and (2) sooner or later he will come down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Too Cold? Ankles Broken? Try Water Skiing Next Time | 1/22/1948 | See Source »

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