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Word: well (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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This fall, the Western Union land forces under General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny will hold war games to show how well the Western Union landlubbers can work together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN UNION: Exercise Verity | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

...Hisses had said that in 1937 they had given it to Pat Catlett, son of their Negro maid. Well, then, how did State Department documents get typed on it in 1938? "The Catletts didn't know how to type. And the Catletts didn't know Chambers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JUDICIARY: Weeds, Roses & Jam | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

...foolscap. Almost every one of the 20 minutes' worth was bad news. Britain's dollars were going down the drain too fast; $261,950,000 had been used up from the end of March to the end of June. Only $1,636,180,000 was left-well below the $2 billion reserve the British had considered the minimum for safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMICS: Dollars & Dockers | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

...month ago, Cripps revealed, he had issued a secret order stopping all new dollar purchases. It would stay in effect at least three months. A further period of "restraint and restriction" might lie ahead; that could well mean less food and tobacco from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMICS: Dollars & Dockers | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

...continue its present passive attitude toward Asiatic communism. This is a well-worn track and needs no further exploration. It means a little money here, and a diplomatic note of protest there. It is easy, cheap -and useless. Judging by past experience, this policy would end with Communist domination of Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: A PROGRAM FOR ASIA | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

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