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Word: wave (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...WAVE TO LAST THREE MORE DAYS; HUMIDITY TO REMAIN TOO; THUNDERSTORMS TO SPOIL PICNICS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 2, 1945 | 7/2/1945 | See Source »

...early March came the report that Radcliffe's WAVE contingent would ship out July 11, but at Harvard it was indicated that the School for Overseers Administration might continue until the fall of 1946; and the Naval Supply and Communications Schools were still going strong...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Civilian Slanted Exercises End Back-to-Normal Year | 6/28/1945 | See Source »

...Hell on the Hudson." West Point rules and traditions struck Plebe Robert Woods like a tidal wave on the morning after his mad dash to get there. Reporting to the cadet adjutant, he got this greeting: "Wipe that smile off, Mr. Dumbjohn, or whatever your name is! Brace up! Suck up your guts! More! Get rid of that gabardine coat! Get those shoulders back! Pull your chin in! Further! Further! Where 're you from? The Navy? What part of the Navy? Oh, Annapolis, eh? . . ." The next few minutes of scorn were enough to wither an asbestos monkey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Long Grey Line | 6/11/1945 | See Source »

...people" Puckett and his buddy Porter showed up with queens, and we caught a glimpse of Bruno Tiz making mad love to his date. The good doctor Richard is said to have been responsible for the several Wave dates present...

Author: By The PEARSON Twins, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 5/22/1945 | See Source »

...Bremen wave length, Lord Haw-Haw denounced Bolshevism-and tried it again in Hamburg. The words were indistinct ; Lord Haw-Haw was patently stewed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Sign-Off | 5/14/1945 | See Source »

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