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Word: win (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...battle of Shiloh was at least a partial victory for the Confederate States, and was certainly prior to that of Gettysburg. Might it not be more historically accurate to say that it took "overwhelming superiority of material" (TIME, p. 14, same issue) to win the U. S. Civil War (War Between the States) as it took to win the Spanish Civil War (War between the Ideologies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1939 | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

Does the American journalist want America to win in a mad armaments race ? Fanning to a flame the unholy passions of millions in America against the peoples of two or three other large blocks of earth is one way to bring this about. . . . Does the American journalist want peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1939 | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...Germany and Italy go to war against England and France, 71% of Democrats, 69% of Republicans, 65% of other partisans think the U. S. should "do everything possible to help England and France win, except go to war ourselves" (Gallup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Mood | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...vanishes a certain backstroke first; without Waldron, the medley and 200 breastroke are considerably weakened, while Stowell and White were sure point winners in their respective events. However, Craig Moore has been swimming almost as well as the No. 1 Columbia backstroker, Tom Finnerty, and 1:45 might win the event for Craig...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Hal Ulen, Gloomy, Faces Columbia Natators in New York Tonight Minus His Four Mainstays | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

...Crimson sextet, somewhat worn down by this week's Canadian trip, left early yesterday afternoon in order to get a good night's sleep before tonight's tilt. Both games on Canadian ice, the 7 to 5 win over Montreal on Tuesday and the 13 to 6 defeat at the hands of McGill on Wednesday were hectic battles, and tonight's clash at Princeton will finish up the toughest two weeks of competition that the Hoddermen have had this season...

Author: By Roger B. Linscott, | Title: HODDERMEN TANGLE WITH TIGER SEXTET | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

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