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Word: atlantae (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...which ran in Atlanta newspapers last week, sounded like a joke, but it was not meant to be: ". . . Apartments for young married vets who have been crowding their in-laws since V-J Day. Average rentals less than $50 a month . . . You don't have to know Joe to get a unit. There are no shenanigans, if you want one ... Priorities: 1) Ex-POW's; 2) Purple Heart Vets; 3) Overseas Vets; 4) Vets; 5) Civilians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GEORGIA: No Shenanigans | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

...placed the ad is Dr. Alfred Weinstein, an Atlanta physician who spent 3-1/2 years in a Japanese prison camp and a year recuperating in U.S. Army hospitals (where he turned out a capable book, Barbed-Wire Surgeon). Japanese prison guards fractured his windpipe, broke one of his arms, blasted his ears. A year ago, convinced that Atlanta wasn't doing enough by the veterans, he borrowed more than $600,000 (most of it from FHA), teamed with a contractor friend and built a 140-unit project. This week the first 28 tenants moved in. After...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GEORGIA: No Shenanigans | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

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