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Word: wings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President's gamble was for support in the big cities. He did not have to worry about the Right-wing grumblings in the Solid South. The Solid South would be with him whether it liked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The '48 Line Is Drawn | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

...motor was all afire and it seemed to have spread to the wing. I looked up and through the fire I could see bright stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTER: Stars Through Flames | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

...Suddenly there was a hard jar, just like when a tooth is pulled and you feel it crunch. The burning motor had fallen loose. The wing kept burning and we were coming down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTER: Stars Through Flames | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

...Navy's carrier-based XFJ-1 jet fighter; Consolidated Vultee's gigantic six-motored B-36, the "Flying Cigar," which can carry a 10,000-lb. bomb load 5,000 miles and return to base; Consolidated's needle-slim XB-46, the Northrop XB-35 Flying Wing, now being adapted to jet propulsion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: In the Balance | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

...lion's claw, the eagle's wing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rankypanky | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

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