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Word: scattered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tells, and where it told last week in the newest sector of fighting, is on an extended front, along which heavy Russian forces can strike, one dawn at one point, the next 50 miles to the west, now here, now there, unexpectedly. Along such a front the Finns must scatter thinly, and be continually vigilant. The new sector: the northwest shore of Viipuri Bay and along the Gulf of Finland, on a front of 60 miles -halfway to Helsinki. Across the ice of the bay a great Russian sickle swept again & again. It hit some stumps and some stones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN THEATRE: Hammer & Sickle | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

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