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Word: canasta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fumed the Mills College Weekly: "It costs our parents $1,550 a year plus transportation, clothes, allowance and incidentals to send us here to be educated . . . Educated for what? To become a nation of bridge and Canasta players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: $ 1,550 for What? | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

...Toronto, Bridge Expert Oswald Jacoby stuck his neck out: "Canasta is the only game that my wife and I could play . . . with some of our half-witted friends. [It] can be enjoyed by everyone, unlike bridge, where a poor player can spoil the game for others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Feb. 13, 1950 | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

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