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Word: fabricate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Discord and gloom at the first session of the Foreign Ministers Council in London made it more than ever apparent that the fabric of peace would be many a weary month in the weaving (see below). There and elsewhere, disputes ranged from the Danube to the Indian Ocean, from the meaning of "democracy" to the meaning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Words & Pistols | 10/1/1945 | See Source »

...There is no fabric of truth in this statement. The Japanese Army is being completely demobilized by Oct. 15 and absolutely abolished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Agent Extraordinary | 10/1/1945 | See Source »

...advertisements for mammoth summer clearance sales fought for space with the chichi ads of the new fall fashion collections. Big & little stores everywhere were trying desperately to unload their wartime inventories. They were also trying to prove to their somewhat skeptical customers that current fashions according to the L85 fabric-conservation order are really haute couture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style Specter | 9/3/1945 | See Source »

...Washington trooped the innumerable advisory committees of the industry. They protested that even the mere prospect of more fabric now would mean chaos for the manufacturers, and even worse for retailers who would be stuck with millions of dollars worth of war goods. Said they: if customers thought basic style changes were in the offing or that quality would soon improve they might wait until winter, or longer if necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style Specter | 9/3/1945 | See Source »

...unmoved. The Army had cut back 174,000,000 square yards of cotton, rayon and nylon fabric-a move that in itself made almost immediate reconversion of the garment industry possible. And if reconversion was possible in any line, WPB meant to start it rolling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style Specter | 9/3/1945 | See Source »

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