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Word: clink (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Marjorie's husband. Meantime Jimmy caught cold, was moved to more comfortable quarters, allowed to see his wife. Japanese officials said they had detained Jimmy for questioning, refused bail, refused to say what the charges were against him. At week's end Jimmy Young was still in clink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Detained | 2/5/1940 | See Source »

...democracy,† took comfort in upholding the poll tax principle, which neatly eliminated the great unwashed from a voice in naming the people's choice. Time, and the growth of democratic ideas, ate away the poll tax bulwarks-in the U. S. eight States still make a citizen clink cash on the counter before casting a vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: 1940 | 1/1/1940 | See Source »

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