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Word: barse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Election day was warm and sunny. Near polling booths in bars and cafes beer flowed as on a special holiday. High on the Zugspitze vacationers took time to vote, and from Baltic beaches bathers ambled inland to cast their ballots. "It does not really make much difference who wins," said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Eyes Right | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

Twin Motors. In selling its product to Italians-and thus providing a refreshing example of how to do business abroad- Coca-Cola has given U.S. methods a Mediterranean twist. Billboards plug "la sosta piacevole" (freely: The Pause That Refreshes), a fleet of 200 yellow trucks pound along ancient Roman routes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Italian Invasion | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

As the maker of Baby Ruth, Butterfinger and other candy bars, Curtiss Candy Co. President Otto Schnering is the U.S. Candy Bar King. As a shirtsleeved owner of such prize bulls as Netherhall Swanky Dan and St. James Philosophers Barbee, Schnering is also one of the nation's top...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: Candy King Reaches Out | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

In prosperous, sun-baked Las Cruces (pop. 13,500), an agricultural town 30 miles from the Texas border, Cricket had little trouble finding a variety of primrose paths. The town and surrounding Dona Ana County was dotted with bars and gambling joints. The law was administered by big, smiling Democratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW MEXICO: Cricket Coogler's Revenge | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

In her opening show she managed to inject a few bars of her favorite song. I Got Rhythm, and gave the full Merman treatment to three others. She portrayed a fight announcer ("Tiger is fighting back! He throws a left - a right - another left. Now he's bringing a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Female of the Species | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

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