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Word: slither (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1942-1942
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These specially designed combination carriers can operate in shallow water, climb over rocks and rapids, slither up & down river banks to take cargo. They are expected to bring the jungles within quick and easy distance of civilization by utilizing South America's unrivaled network of tropical rivers instead of expensive highways and railroads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORT: Wonder Boats in the Jungle | 7/6/1942 | See Source »

...could a 63-year-old slither down a makeshift rope from a cliff-walled Nazi fortress? How could a politically important prisoner escape from such a feudal bastion, guarded every hour by men alert to his potential value? Why would such an escaped prisoner walk into the arms of stooges working in handcuff harmony with his erstwhile captors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: L'Affaire Giraud | 5/25/1942 | See Source »

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