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Word: progressiveness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Throwing "everything" into his effort, by Sunday night Fuhrer Hitler had spent, according to French estimate, 400,000 lives since Tuesday, but still the young German masses surged forward, still their progress was aided by fresh mechanized fleets to supplement human flesh. Then the Germans began their double envelopment of Paris with a break-through from the Amiens region and up the Seine, west of the capital. That was when the Government left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Battle of France | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

...possessions are menaced by greedy giants on the warpath and her defense forces are limited to 165,000 soldiers and 35 small warships, but she called upon her colonies throughout the world to join in a mammoth pageant of peace and progress which she hopes will continue for the next six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: Audacious Pageant | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

...Most ominous news came from southeastern Europe, long the source of Hollywood's false hair. Mobilization in the Balkans hampered progress on nine current wig pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hollywood & War | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

Much of the scientific research in progress in the University's laboratories will be revealed to the public for the first time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Will Display Treasures Next Week | 6/9/1940 | See Source »

Brown received the Barrett Wendell prize, a copy of the "Cambridge Ancient History," awarded every year to the Sophomore in the field with the most notable progress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Robert Stange, Laurence Brown Win Prizes in History and Lit. | 6/3/1940 | See Source »

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