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Word: card (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Also on the Fund drive card planned by the outgoing Council last night, is a section, "Charities of national, international, and local appeal," which includes the usual public charities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Schedules Two Money Drives Next Year, Allows More Freedom in Allocation | 5/26/1949 | See Source »

R.S.V.P. In Santa Monica, Calif., police had no trouble tracking down Allen Levoff, suspected of robbing the Bay Cities Transit Co. safe: he had dropped his wallet containing his felon's identification card near the office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 23, 1949 | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

...appropriating the money, the Council allowed the NSA a loophole. If they sell more than 1000 purchase cards next year, the Council, which is at present getting a big slice of the card earnings, will turn over the first $100 to the men who paid their own board at the convention...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NSA Given $715 For Illinois Trip | 5/19/1949 | See Source »

...Card Expert Mrs. Ottilie H. Reilly introduced the game to Manhattan's Regency Club last spring, wrote scholarly articles about it for Vogue. The game has rapidly gained popularity in the U.S., but Hollywood, usually a fast town with a fad, is not yet convinced. Canasta was tried out recently at the Bel Air Country Club, and flopped. Reason: too intellectual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: 5,000 Points Is Game | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...dazzling stores of energy. Cracks Bob Hope: "I think he ought to be investigated by the Atomic Energy Commission . . . Unfortunately, he's got talent, too." Besides being an excellent master of ceremonies, a facial contortionist and a helter-skelter clown, Berle can sing, dance, juggle act, do card tricks, imitations and acrobatics, ride a unicycle and mug under water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Child Wonder | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

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