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Word: rollinger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Night. A railway station at Cernauti, Rumania, onetime outpost of German culture in the East, now a hurtling trade centre at the base of the Carpathian Mountains. Rolling hills in the background, overshadowed by the black mass of a 3,000-ft. peak; the Prut River flowing nearby. Enter Colonel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: The End | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

> 1,800,000 buildings, 2,000,000 cattle, 1.000,000 horses, 1,500,000 sheep and goats. Half of all its bridges-7,500-were destroyed, as well as 940 railway stations. All of the rolling stock of the railways in Russian Poland had been stolen, as well as 4...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: The End | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

Few months ago the pinwheel brain of U. S. industry's most whimsical and unpredictable inventor threw out another spark. Convinced that what the U. S. needs and wants is a good, low-cost, small plane, mop-haired, 59-year-old William Bushnell Stout decided to re-enter aviation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Turtle to Batwing | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

Not philanthropy but common sense kept the producers from hiking their price. In 1913 newsprint mills were running at about 85% of capacity, could not keep pace with expanding Wartime needs. Since the War production has far outstripped normal peacetime needs. Last year the mills ran at only 65% of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Newsprint | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

As infiltration forces found the way, France's 70-ton "rolling fortresses" next trundled forth, followed by more infantry. Main function of these monsters, hurling 3-in. shells, is to wipe out all remaining "pockets" of resistance and ultimately carry the attack to the main defenses.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN FRONT: Soar Push | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

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