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Word: carse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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From management came one encouraging gesture. As his "down payment toward a continued high level of production and employment," Henry Ford II cut the prices of his cars from $15 to $50.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Changed Direction | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

Miner Thomas Miles told what happened. "I asked my laborer, Charlie Krawiec, what time it was. 'It's 5:45,' says he. Charlie had just put up his watch when the blast came. The props in my place were twisted and blown down. We ran out into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PENNSYLVANIA: The Enemy | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

Last week, Venezuelans got the sequel to the best robber mystery they had known in many a day. In Barranquilla in neighboring Colombia, police began to watch one Julio Casa Rivas. Reason: he was buying flashy cars and diamonds, and otherwise tossing around Venezuelan bolivars. Rivas was arrested, told all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: Last Laugh | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

Paradoxically, the prices of worn-out jalopies have stood up better than late models in some cities. Reason: buyers pick them up to get transportation while waiting for new cars.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: End of a Boom | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

Stealing cars, in the hope of making big money fast, leads Percy to manslaughter and the Old Bailey. All of Author Collins' characters have enough vitality to create interest and amuse, but it is the vast, murmuring world in which they live that gives Dulcimer Street its strength and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cries of New London | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

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