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Word: wondered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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After that the fog closed in, obscuring events. German sentries paced outside Sorgenfri Castle, Christian X's summer residence, near Copenhagen. Within, the Danes were told, sat an old man with time to think of the last three years and wonder. The King had said he would step down if the Cabinet yielded to German demands. The members stood firm, were now, like their King, in "protective custody." The military was in full command. Denmark, like the rest of the Festung, was occupied territory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DENMARK: The Facade Cracks | 9/6/1943 | See Source »

Away from the nuptial side of things we, with others in the company, still wonder whether Mike Conlon has found Lt. (j.g.) Charlie Noble...

Author: By Ens. W.A. Forsyth, | Title: THE HARVARD SCUTTLEBUTT | 9/3/1943 | See Source »

Something to wonder about--how does it happen that the 1st Platoon, Co. A, always reaps a reward on their field trips: this time it was photographs, clips, elastic bands, ice cream, soda and the like ... all from Dennison Company??? Yet, we of the 2nd Platoon would have looked a trifle silly marching away from Hood with an inflated life raft...

Author: By Norman S. Gilbert, | Title: ASOTELLITES | 8/31/1943 | See Source »

Penicillin, the wonder drug of 1943, last week made headlines up & down the nation. Newspapers reported a wave of frantic appeals for the drug by blood-poisoning sufferers who suddenly learned that 1) penicillin might save their lives, 2) there was not enough to go around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Rush on Penicillin | 8/30/1943 | See Source »

...wonder what "King Karl" of the Fourth platoon was thinking of last week when getting ready to march his platoon to chow. His preparatory command was addressed to, "Third Platoon...

Author: By Ens. W. A. forsyth, | Title: THE HARVARD SCUTTLEBUTT | 8/27/1943 | See Source »

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