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Word: answer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...week began badly enough, with raids lasting as long as seven and a half hours, with as many as six alarms a day. But when Winston Churchill verbally thumbed his nose in answer to Herr Hitler's dire speech of warning, and when the R. A. F. lashed out at German targets harder than ever, the Fuhrer's temper broke. He ordered the works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Into the Heart | 9/16/1940 | See Source »

...southwest of Turkey which Italy grabbed in 1912 during the scrap with Turkey for Tripoli. Rhodes is the biggest of them. Being unable to raise so much as a smoke screen from the Latin enemy, the Eastern Mediterranean Command decided to bite at the Dodecanese and hope for an answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: At Thirteen Islands | 9/16/1940 | See Source »

...three months I have not allowed an answer to be given because I was of the opinion that they would stop this mischief," he explained. "We will now spoil the game of these air pirates. . . . If the British Air Force drops 2,000, 3,000 or 4,000 kilograms of bombs, then we shall now in a single night drop 150,000, 300,000 or 400,000 kilograms of bombs, and more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Shirts On | 9/16/1940 | See Source »

...cheering, stamping audience shouted most thunderously when Orator Hitler sent this message to Great Britain: "I now prefer to fight until finally a wholly clear decision is reached. . . . When the British say: 'He doesn't come,' my answer is: 'Keep your shirts on. He is coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Shirts On | 9/16/1940 | See Source »

...City on charges of sedition and "criminal provocation." The Almazánistas countered by preparing written declarations to be presented at the hearings instead. Outsmarted, the Camacho headquarters hastily resumed its former position, declaring: "The Almazánistas may call the people to rebellion until doomsday without receiving any answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Two-Party System | 9/16/1940 | See Source »

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