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Word: zigzags (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...have realized that the pilot must not be disturbed, especially when he is engaged in stormy navigation. nor must he be asked questions about the course." Because he determined to explain nothing, to make no commitments, everyone wanted to ask questions of the laconic pilot whose course was puzzlingly zigzag-now pointing for one belligerent shore, now toward the other, back & forth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: No. 1 Facist | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

...Chrysler trader who failed to outguess the tape. They reasoned that the market's way of rising is to go down 1, up 2; that its way of falling is to go down 2, up 1; that last week's rally will soon be just another pointless zigzag in a longer decline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Bull Fever, Bear Facts | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

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