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Word: cleveland (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fall saw the first in the now traditional series of pre-election straw votes to test Harvard temper in the national presidential elections. At this particular time, incidentally, undergraduates proved themselves far more out of step with the times then the Faculty by giving Harrison a huge majority over Cleveland...

Author: By Robert S. Sturgis, | Title: Colorful Crimson History Began with Off-Color Magenta... | 4/9/1946 | See Source »

...Carefully worded "merger" announcements befogged and nearly obscured the real news: Cleveland's famed William S. Jack and Ralph M. Heintz had sold out their wildly unorthodox war baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Baby | 4/8/1946 | See Source »

Married. Bryan M. ("Bitsy") Grant, 35, former Davis Cupper; and Marie Cleveland, 35, no tennis player; in Atlanta. Bitsy took his bride and three rackets on a honeymoon to Florida and Bermuda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 8, 1946 | 4/8/1946 | See Source »

Sirs: Famous sayings in history brought up to date: "Public officials are the trustees of the people."-Grover Cleveland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 11, 1946 | 3/11/1946 | See Source »

...These should have been in your paper," he scolded. "You are ignoring news important to 65% of the people-and missing a good bet." As an experiment, Seltzer hired him at $35 a week. Soon, in a homely, rough-cut column called "Around the World in Cleveland," new and jawbreaking names began to appear in the Press. Known in the office either as the "Hunky" or "broken-English" editor, to whom every mustached office visitor was automatically referred, Andrica worked tirelessly to promote giant dance festivals and international exhibits (one drew 150,000 people), organized a Council for American Unity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Broken-English Editor | 2/25/1946 | See Source »

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