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Word: pylons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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Suddenly one of the crew shouted something to the helmsman, but his warning was drowned by the children's singing. The launch plowed into a rusty underwater steel pylon, placed there by the Germans as an anti-submarine obstacle. For a moment the launch's prow hung in the air, then the stern slid swiftly under water. Without a punctuating pause, the children's songs became screams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Whirlpool of Grief | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

...whole shebang cost the studios $65,000. Metro's top art men, Cedric Gibbons and Jack Smith, personally did the $10,000 "set" stage: a pylon, backed by six Greek columns, and topped with a 5-ft. gilt plaster replica of Oscar. As the evening slunk by, this gaudy setting was filled with some rare gems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Oscars | 3/24/1947 | See Source »

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