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Word: billings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then A.F.L.'s President William Green stomped in to tell the President that A.F.L. would be willing to take a new Taft-Hartley substitute-the Sims bill-with some changes. He came out of the White House shaking his head: "We're willing to give a few inches, but he's not budging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Rude Noise | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

Using a 36-to-the-minute stroke, Princeton spurted into the lead. Harvard's 130-pound coxswain, William Leavitt, called a steady 32. Like a man at the wheel of a fast automobile, he had only to ask for power to get it. At stroke was Bill Curwen, watching the other crews carefully and waiting for the word to step up the beat. Past the halfway point, when the cox called for power, Harvard went up to a beat of 36, then all the way up to 41. Tom Bolles's varsity swept ahead to win by open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Unless He's Six-Feet-Four . . . | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

When Zanini, the last family head, drew his slip, there was a long breathless pause. "Who's got it?" Someone replied, "It's Hutchinson. It's Bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Come On, Everyone | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

Growing Pains. In Taylorville, Ill., Bill Grant, manager of a chain of movie theaters, received a $5 bill and an anonymous letter: "This money is in payment for the times. I lied about my age in order to get into the show for half price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 23, 1949 | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

Tank Walsh, who has led the squad in slugging over the last two weeks, will catch, Win Carduff and Bill Hickey, whose often timely hitting and comparatively reliable fielding have been among the team's greatest assets will be at second and third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Nine Entrains for Andover Diamond Tomorrow | 5/20/1949 | See Source »

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