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Word: cars (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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PACKARD, WITH A 160-HORSEPOWER ENGINE, WHICH HAS FEATURED ITS CUSTOM EIGHT SINCE 1939 AS "AMERICA'S MOST POWERFUL MOTOR CAR," GLADLY WELCOMES CADILLAC AS A WORTHY COMPETITOR IN ITS POWER BRACKET WITH THE 160-HORSEPOWER ENGINE YOUR ISSUE OF OCT. 25 REPORTS, BUT IS SURPRISED THAT USUALLY ACCURATE TIME IMPLIES THE CADILLAC ENGINE TO BE EXCLUSIVE IN THAT POWER RATING...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 8, 1948 | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

There are train, bus, airplane, car, and the University Travel Service. By any of these systems, a trip consists of two distinct steps: (1) the pre-New York or "New England" stage, and (2) the post New York or "Middle Atlantic" stage. Sometimes there is a third, the New York or "whiskey" stage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How to Find Princeton, N. J. In Only Five Simple Lessons | 11/5/1948 | See Source »

...servant of the people, they told him, and he had no right to be away during regular working hours. Some doctors were unpleasant. One, called five miles on a case, berated and lectured the parents of a sick child: "This is a fine thing, all this way in my car on the free service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Two Wigs & Lots of Teeth | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

Toyland's atomic age is booming; chemistry sets contain samples of uranium ore, guaranteed to be all but inert, and incapable of making Junior radioactive. An atom gun with a hidden battery flashes and buzzes, and a "rocket" car is driven along on compressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Babes in Toyland | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

...weeks, like a hill-climbing car with water in the fuel lines, the New York stock market had sputtered upward in short uncertain bursts. One day last week the lines cleared and it began a steady climb. In the busiest session since mid-July, 1,800,000 shares were traded, with such blue chips as U.S. Steel, General Motors, and Standard Oil (N.J.) leading the parade. The Dow-Jones industrial average rose 3.32 points, biggest gain since the bullish days of last July. At week's end, the Dow-Jones average was 190.19, up 9.78 points in twelve days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: Up the Hill | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

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