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Word: certainly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sackful of Bills. To insistent depositors, Bob sometimes handed back their cash from a sackful of $20 bills in his office. Often, he bet a restless customer $100 to $1 that he would deliver on a certain date, temporarily appeased the depositor by paying off the bet on due day. How did Bob hope to keep his bubble from bursting? Best guess was that he hoped to use his huge amount of cash to turn some super deal in land or oil speculation, pay off everybody, including...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Miracle Man | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

...great Davis & Blanchard graduated. Army's football team, unbeaten in its first four games, was rated among the "big four" of the nation (the others: North Carolina, Notre Dame and Michigan). What's more, it was waist deep in sophomores who are good now and almost certain to get much better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Army Again | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

...Arlie V. Bock, chairman of the Department, released a three-page answer to the committee's two-week old report, in which he vetoed the committee's major request that certain extra fees be abolished. The rebuttal states that fees for out-of-hours services must be kept as protection to the department. Their removal, Dr. Book argues, would encourage students to visit the department at odd hours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bock Turns Down Hygiene Proposals | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

...period Saturday it seemed certain that the Varsity would crack Dartmouth wide open. Then three men--Sullivan, Schreck, and Armstrong--and heartbreaking bad luck ruined the Crimson in the next 45 minutes...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Crimson Shows No Sign Of Collapse in 3rd Loss | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

...impossible to enter here into a full discussion of both major candidates and their parties. But from a comparison of the two positions on certain basic issues, conclusions supporting the President can be drawn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For President: Truman | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

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