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Word: wolfs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...father was Master of the Pau pack (supposed descendants of hounds with which Wellington's officers hunted in Spain). Sir Alan, who was born and raised in France, is one of the Empire's finest wing shots and anglers, and he once rode down and speared a wolf from horseback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Invasion Delayed | 7/29/1940 | See Source »

...story over & over: a group of U. S. Army officers, razzing a visiting German general a few years ago about Germany's plans for world domination, pointed out Germany's small forces, the enormous man power of the rest of the world. Snapped the baited general: "The wolf does not care how many sheep are in the pasture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Object Lesson | 7/22/1940 | See Source »

...show Congressmen how mechanization worked, as his words never could. Two days after they had seen the film, Representative Collins, stubborn as Cato, asked for the floor to deliver his favorite speech. This time colleagues filled the Congressional Record with flowery praises and apologies. Representative Collins' text: The wolf does not care how many sheep are in the pasture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Object Lesson | 7/22/1940 | See Source »

...fallacy is all this propaganda about propaganda. . . . I believe in propaganda analysis, but there is such a thing as carrying it too far. We've been bringing up a group of young people who don't believe in anything any more. . . . Some day someone will cry 'Wolf when there is a wolf, and we'll say it's propaganda, and we'll be destroyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Newlon's Confession | 7/22/1940 | See Source »

...than ever trying to get their minds off their troubles." Eggleston has had no complaints from any company whose wrapper or box top he carries. "What organization," he inquires earnestly, "is doing more to bring about more contests through sales than the box-top dealer? . . . We are sheep in wolf's clothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Box-Top Broker | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

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