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Word: buttons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Push-Button Learning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 5, 1948 | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

...world in which we live. To reject the so-called "impractical" subjects in our high schools is to deny our cultural heritage. . . . It is tantamount to admitting . . . that learning, as far as we in America are concerned, is nothing more than a quick method for discovering which button to push and when to push...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 5, 1948 | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

Hanuahvuhd, ch?" chuckled the corner druggist, and the youth in the grey flannels and button-down shirt winced visably. "Too good for the old state...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: South, Mid-West, West Coast Distort University | 12/10/1947 | See Source »

Jack Smith Show (Fri. 7:15 p.m., CBS). Guest: Nanette Fabray, of Broadway's High Button Shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Dec. 8, 1947 | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

...plans to make only minor body changes in its 1948 model due in January, still plans a major mechanical revolution. The '48 Buick Roadmaster, said the division, will have no clutch, clutch pedal, or customary gear shift. For normal driving, the motorist will merely have to push a button; the accelerator will do the rest. There is also a reverse gear and "emergency low" for snow and mud. With rising production and a backlog of 520,000 unfilled orders, Buick hopes next year to pass Plymouth, into third place behind Chevrolet and Ford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facts & Figures, Nov. 10, 1947 | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

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