Word: cisco
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...came, he enlisted. Two years in the Army and a year as a lieutenant in France opened Hilton's eyes to the world beyond New Mexico. He had sold his little bank, and in 1919 (after his father died) he set out for the oil-rich town of Cisco, Texas, looking for bigger game. Instead of a bank, Hilton bought the shaky old Mobley Hotel with $5,000 of his own money, $15,000 from friends and a $20,000 bank loan...
...companion feature is a Cisco Kid epic, with Leo Carillo and Duncan Renaldo. Fet's a good wan to meess, ch, Cisco...
Presented by the New Student, publication of Harvard Youth for Democracy, the informal songfest will feature American folk ballads as interpreted by Glazer, Wood, Cisco Houston, and Brownie McGhee. The opening notes will sound at 8:15 o'clock, and tickets will be on sale at the door...
...trouble began when word got about that the Russians had brought a whole shipload of caviar and vodka. Actually, the Russian ship anchored in San Fran cisco Bay was there primarily for radio communication with Moscow. Some of the delegation lived aboard, and they presumably had a supply of their national food and drink. But the refreshments were incidental. Thanks to Russian secrecy about the ship, and the press's failure to check, tongues were clacking furiously when Foreign Commissar Viacheslav Molotov arrived by plane from Washington...
overseas airline, filed its broad claims with this plan in mind. Pan Am traffic experts guesstimated that they would fly passengers from Los Angeles to Sydney in 32 hours (fare: $295); from San Fran cisco to Shanghai in 36 hours (fare: $303 ); from Seattle to Juneau in less than four hours (fare...