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Word: caps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...kind of jape that Harry Truman thoroughly enjoys and he joined in with zest. Pollywog Truman cheerfully donned a baker's cap, saw to it that others in his entourage conformed to the prescribed pollywog costume of trousers, loud shirts and ties worn backward.* Margaret wore a shoe-length slicker and sou'wester, which made her look like a Morton Salt boy. She was told to mount watch for Davy Jones, who traditionally appears the day before crossing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: No. I Pollywog | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

...cap, the band will break its own record of executing 33 different letters between halves. Last year the red-coated drummers outlettered all the other aggregations by 197 capitals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Band Seeks Baton Twirler to Bolster All-Star' 47 Squad | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

...Dedication Day the temperature stood at 110° in the shade-and all the shade the crowd had was a few parasols and newspapers. Visiting bigwigs including Interior Secretary "Cap" Krug and Governor Roy Turner-were little better off under the sheet-iron roofing of their bunting-decked stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKLAHOMA: Short-Grass Salvation | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

...Pakistan, in whose austere person are combined the offices of Governor General, President of the Constituent Assembly and President of the Moslem League. With proper crustiness, Mohamed Ali Jinnah strode up the steps with his sister Fatima. He was wearing a white achkan (long coat), grey fur "Jinnah cap" and a monocle. The small crowd (5,000) shouted "Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad" (Long Live the Great Leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: Better Off in a Home | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...grocery store in Oklahoma City. The bigger properties are all under the care of well paid managers, but Autry makes all major decisions himself, passes on many minor ones. Along with royalties from recordings and from, some 40 other products ranging from Gene Autry Hair Oil to cap pistols, his investments will boost his income this year to well over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cowboy in Clover | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

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