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B.W.I.

American  

abbreviation

  1. British West Indies.


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Like a triumphant general retiring to winter quarters, CBS Board Chairman William S. Paley last week stepped aboard a plane bound for Jamaica, B.W.I.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among his "birthday presents": planes from South America, tanks from B.W.I., tanks and Bren gun carriers from The Netherlands Indies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Crow, an infantryman in World War I, has been conducting rocket experiments since 1936; early work was carried out in a secret laboratory deep in the English countryside, firing trials in Jamaica, B.W.I.

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Her ultimate objective: Barbados, B.W.I., for "sunshine and rest."

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