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Word: blowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...They shall, in the same ruthless, aggressive spirit, at the proper time and decisive place, strike the deciding blow of the battle and war for the Fatherland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN FRONT: No Action? | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

...head is revolving," says Bishop Kinsolving, Heigh-ho, we'll blow the man down. "I'll drink till I totter," says Rt. Rev. Potter. . . . "To hell with white ribbons," says good Cardinal Gibbons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Trinity to Trinity | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

Colds. Medical science has no preventive nor cure for the common cold, says Dr. Aaron. Only thing to do when you catch cold: go home and wait for it to blow over. Special vaccines may help break up colds, will not forestall them. Nor will Vitamin A or ultraviolet treatments provide "cold-defense." Most nose drops must be used with great care, for they often injure delicate membranes, spread infection to the ears. Only safe remedy for stuffiness, says Dr. Aaron, is neo-synephrine snuffed up the nose, or ephedrine in salt solution, not oil. Oil drops may dribble into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Home Companion | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

...remains--one sharp, clear moment filled with the smile of girls and the hurry of feet. The Square is a whirling top. Buses are leaving every minute: what will you have? The world is yours: Zero Hereford, The Folies Bergere, or just Belmont. Traffic on Boylston Street is stalled. Blow your horn, blow: Saturday night waits for no man. A car radio is shrilling: "At the Balalaika, who knows what mystery tonight may bring?" Who knows? Around every corner, around every smile is mystery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Circling the Square | 3/16/1940 | See Source »

...were still thrashing around in agonies of indecision. Their eyes lit on the $1,500,000,000 "silver profit"-obtained from seigniorage*-and there they stuck, bedazzled by this vast sum of unspent "money." Unmindful of this, Ranger Townsend was riding high, in his cartridge belt fresh ammunition to blow to kingdom come the silverites' arguments. To protests that ending foreign purchases would bruise U. S.-Mexican relations, Senator Townsend could merely ask "What relations?" and snap one word: "Oil." To reminders that the silver program was designed to raise the world price artificially, he could note that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hi-Yo, Silver! | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

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