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Word: centro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Centro Gallego they broke into the operating room at the very instant when two of our critically wounded were receiving blood transfusions," Castro said. "They yanked them off the tables and, as the wounded could not remain upright, they dragged them down to the basement where they arrived as corpses...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: One-Man Road Show: Fidel Lays Cuba's Plans | 10/9/1959 | See Source »

Crashing Bore. In El Centro, Calif., convicted of hit-and-run driving, Luz Vera explained why he did not stop his car: "I didn't know anyone in the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 7, 1959 | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

...Kind. In El Centro, Tex., Laborer Jesus Favela, 92, told a court that he had indeed knocked down his wife, Concepcion, 68, and dragged her to bed by the hair, because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 11, 1957 | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

...Pathfinder. In El Centro, Calif., after he got lost overnight on the desert, Pomona College Geology Student Bob Ward explained that he became muddled when he paid too much attention to the maps he was making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 3, 1956 | 12/3/1956 | See Source »

Field Work. In El Centro, Calif., arrested "on suspicion of impersonating an officer," Joseph McKinney, 18, blandly explained why he had flashed a tin badge in several bars and closed two that "were not fit to drink in": he was enrolled in a "course in how to be an investigator, and was just practicing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 8, 1955 | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

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