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Word: maneuverable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chang's landing and the consolidation of his forces could not be prevented by the Nationalists, because he had put in at a point on the Shantung peninsula which is fenced off from the rest of China by an expeditionary force of Japanese marines. These tough sliteyes have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Bad News | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

Miami press-agents first tried to maneuver this meeting, but John J. Raskob snatched it from their greedy fingers. Eleven o'clock at Belle Isle was the hour. Smith skipped his breakfast to make it on time. With care he picked his Mtire?silk-faced cutaway, striped trousers, silk-topped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hoover & Smith | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

Peculiar was the trifling 600-lb. plane tested at Akron, Ohio, last week by Vearne Clifton Babcock, designer. Wings taper from narrow tips to broad bases at the fuselage. The fuselage is slim, rudder and stabilizers small. The motor is a 65 h. p. midget radial, built by the Le...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Small Plane | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

After the conference, delegates went to Boiling Field at Washington to watch Army, Navy and Marine planes maneuver. But dismal, foggy weather stopped the display.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: International Conference | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

Pope Pius XI, was awakened at dawn by an astonishing clatter of swords and the sound of soldiers' voices disturbing the peaceful courtyards of the Vatican. It was, Pius XI remembered suddenly, his 71st birthday. The "Noble Guard," and the rest of the Papal army were preparing a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 11, 1928 | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

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