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Word: footgear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Sept. 24 issue of the central Hungarian Communist daily, Szabad Nép. The Communist explanation runs as follows: "According to the Geneva international agreement, P.W.s must be treated humanely, they must not be deprived of their personal belongings and must be provided with proper clothing and footgear. The imperialist troops, murderers of thousands of the peaceful Korean people, scornfully disdain the most elementary rules of humanity as well as international agreements. This picture shows an American soldier driving along previously stripped Korean P.W.s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 27, 1950 | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

...favelas were combed by detectives disguised in patched rags and wooden clogs (the footgear of Rio's poor). Dried Meat's two henchmen, Smile and Fork, were caught after an exchange of gunfire in which a bystander was killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Man Hunt | 6/19/1950 | See Source »

...left Orono, Me., in my 1949 Studebaker Champion, loaded to the roof with luggage, and wearing no special footgear for a light touch on the accelerator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 27, 1950 | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

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