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Word: car-yards (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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...century. The Log of A Harbor Pilot describes the tossing existence of that strange race of minor vikings, veteran pinochlers all. The Michael J. Powers Association portrays the glad-hand life of a typical East Side boss-derby-hatted ruler over 40,000 would-be Americans. The Car-Yard and the gigantic adventure of freight-smoke and bells-the places the dusty freight-cars have been, the things they have seen! The life of a trackwalker on the subway, dodging 200 cannonball flyers a day for tiny wages-the sleights of a push cart man -the sandwichmen, those biting commentators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Color of a City* | 12/24/1923 | See Source »

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