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Word: collections (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Senior Fletcher Hodges finished 115th without practicing at all; Richard Arthur grDv covered 20 miles; and sophomore Colin Church raced 12 miles to meet his girl at Wellesley and collect a five dollar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Holmes Wins Silver Medal In Boston Marathon Grind | 4/20/1956 | See Source »

...example, calls home at a prearranged time, lets the phone ring a predetermined number of times, then hangs up. Depending on the number of rings, his wife knows just what train he will catch, and what time to be at the station. Another much-used gimmick is the collect call. The husband calls collect as "Mr. Brown at 528 Madison Avenue." His wife refuses to accept the call, then trots off to meet the 5:28 train. Still another variation is the safe-arrival code. A traveler takes a plane from Chicago to New York, then phones home person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTILITIES: The Free Phone Call | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

...part, the Government possibly stood to collect a relatively insignificant sum in back taxes and penalties and some considerably more significant information about the party's inner workings. For theirs, the Communists immediately gained some impulsive sympathy and an important propaganda advantage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Here Comes the Tax Man | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

...spring drive to collect blood donations from students will get under way today and continue throughout the week, the Drives Committee of PBH announced yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PBH Spring Blood Drive Starts Today | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

Payment Deferred. In Sendai, Japan, Gennosuke Ikeda was arrested after an auto salesman called on him to collect payment on a car, was served a cup of poisoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 5, 1956 | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

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