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Word: caged (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sidetracked. When Ike Tigrett graduated from Union University in Jackson, Tenn. in 1898 he had $800 and a desire to become a banker. In a tiny town near Jackson he rented a building, scrawled the word "Bank" on the window, and built a cashier's cage out of chicken wire. In the cage Tigrett roosted anxiously for several days until the bank's first customer entered, opened an account with a deposit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: Highballing the G. M. & O. | 5/7/1945 | See Source »

Some of the boys are having hirsute trouble--this time due to their own misconduct. Art K. Koppy seems to be disappearing gradually behind his spreading moustache and Uncle Bob Fish actually showed up at Briggs Cage at 0700 with his hairs uncombed for the first time in the present...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Lucky Bag | 5/4/1945 | See Source »

...attendants both before and after the activity. On rainy days, Samborski added, a "No Tennis" sign will be posted on the middle door of the Indoor Athletic Building before 11 o'clock, and the 4:45 and 5:30 o'clock conditioning classes will move to the Briggs Cage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis, Rowing to Count as Major Credits After Monday | 4/20/1945 | See Source »

...Exhibit Hitler-preferably in a cage, with the public paying a fee for looking; spitting privileges extra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: What to Do With 'itler | 4/16/1945 | See Source »

...more; the Wallendas dazzle on the high wire. There are clowns in all sizes and shapes, and plenty of animals. Trained seals, tooting My Country, 'Tis Of Thee, manage to be irresistibly funny. For the first time the big wild animal act displays six statuesque chorines inside the cage, one of whom wraps a leopard around her bare shoulders. And down in the basement Mr. & Mrs. Gargantua carry on one of the greatest hate affairs on record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Signs of Spring | 4/16/1945 | See Source »

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