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Word: winterful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...until last winter, when Harry Truman noticed that the movement of crowds in the Blue Room made the crystal chandelier jingle ominously, that any really thoroughgoing inspection was made. Then horrified engineers found the second floor beams so weakened that they limited the occupancy of the presidential study to 15 at a time. engineers' study has Since then the turned up dozens of other weaknesses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Fire Trap | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

...sometimes seems a little stiffly polite, though always an officer and a gentleman, in paying his respects to Churchill. In conferences before the European invasion, Churchill repeatedly said: "General, if by the coming winter you have established yourself ... on the Continent, and have . . . freed beautiful Paris from the hands of the enemy, I will assert the victory to be the greatest of modern times." Long before that winter was over, Ike's armies had done much more: they were poised on the frontiers of Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORICAL NOTES: Ike's Crusade | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

Because of the Communists, there will not be peace in France this winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Counterpoint | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

...Deacons, who won from Eliot in a playoff Tuesday after the two teams had ended the season in a tie, will rely on their crafty Michigan-style single-wing spinner formation, with its effective trio of plunging backs: Jerry Glynn, Willie Thompson, and Jacques Winter. Rounding out the backfield is quarterback Hollis French, who handles the team's passing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Games Cover Soldiers Field | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

...when he graduate he had little trouble locating himself a coaching job. He started out at Wakefield High School, where he took over football in the fall and basketball in the winter. His success her landed him a job with Allegan High the following year, where he stayed until joining the Navy after Pearl Harbor...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Football, Basketball, Wrestling; All In Butch Jordan's Repertoire | 11/18/1948 | See Source »

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