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Word: clear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week David Dubinsky made it clear that he was not joining in the hue & cry for C. I. O.-A. F. of L. reconciliation, felt that he had been too optimistic about it before,wanted the I. L. G. W. U.'s action to speak louder than words for peace. Left-wing charges that A. F. of L. was too reactionary, that many an old-line A. F. of L. leader was a visionless labor boss, he brushed aside-all the more reason, said he, why the progressives should be back in A. F. of L., to moderate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Big Split | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

...Germans scouted clear across France to the Atlantic, sending off raid alarms in cities to which the war had only been headlines and absent men. Allied reconnaissance pushed far and frequently into Germany. German communiques made a point of mentioning that Nazi scouts were accompanied by Messerschmitt fighters.* Nevertheless, they admitted that, in one day, seven observers were lost. Same time the Nazis put the score for the whole war at 52 warplanes lost by Great Britain to 20 by Germany and boasted that Messerschmitts had overcome the French Morane-Saulnier fighters. Britain claimed that 125 Nazi warplanes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE AIR: Importance of Being Willy | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

Later the full count gave the relatively conservative Opposition 41 seats, a clear majority in the Constituent Assembly (76 seats). The supporters of Batista won only 35 seats. As the worsted Strong Man glowered in silence, Government supporters claimed that legal technicalities in validated the election results in the case of ten seats, all of these being seats won by the Opposition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Batista Backfire | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

That the night was clear when this picture was taken is shown by the short, concentric arcs on the dark background of the sky-star trails made during the photographer's five-minute exposure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Pillars of Fire | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

...spectators were milling around on the field, at times crowding the players into a 60-foot square. Finally, unable to handle the crowd, officials called off the game. Lincoln, leading 14-to-7, claimed victory. Howard protested on the grounds that Lincoln, as host, should have kept the field clear. Irate coaches appealed to the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association to decide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Crisis | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

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