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Word: chins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...late Huey's brother sounded almost as good as the Kingfish himself. What was more, Huey's 29-year-old son Russell was stumping the state for Uncle Earl, and Russell looked just like the Kingfish, right down to his curly hair, pudgy nose and slack chin. It was like old times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOUISIANA: Bitin' Man | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

...CHIN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 29, 1947 | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

...deal to acquire Honolulu's gaudy Lau Yee Chai nightclub. With Ruddy Tongg, one of the most successful of the new promoters. Hung has recently started Transpacific Air Lines (inter-island). Ruddy Tongg owns a printing and publishing business in Oahu and cattle ranches on Hawaii. Chin Ho, another Chinese, organized the company which purchased the Waianae sugar plantation on Oahu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Knock on the Door | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

...Williams would rather chin with old cronies than work, so he sometimes falls behind schedule, despite prodding from his wife. Then his old cartoons reappear, "redrawn by request." "I couldn't work without talking to people," says Williams defensively. "I always have people here-cattlemen from Texas, publishers from New York, workingmen from Detroit. They kid me when they see me in this big house-I'm pretty untidy and I wear sweaters and jackets. Looks funny to see someone like me in this place." And sometimes the cowhands get a little mad about Williams' making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: I'm an Old Cowhand | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

...long ago, a young at the University of Arizona chin and proclaimed that Arizona of the toughest colleges in the University. "Why, do you know they have the best animal husbandry major world down there," she announced...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: South, Mid-West, West Coast Distort University | 12/10/1947 | See Source »

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