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Word: connect (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...unforgettable, even when he struck out. His swing whirled him around until his slender legs were twisted beneath him. And the times when his big bat did connect were baseball's biggest moments. The spell lasted until the Babe had trotted around the base paths, taking mincing steps on his small feet, tipping his cap to the mighty, reverent roar from the stands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hello, Kid | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

Said California's Jimmy Roosevelt: 'It's like a football game, and deciding to pass on the 20-yard line. If you connect -you're a great quarterback. If the opposition intercepts ... the quarterback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Turnip Day Session | 7/26/1948 | See Source »

...coast, and pipe and rigs back into Cuyama. Each day brought in new hopefuls who pitched tents, built rickety lean-tos, rigged up their equipment with floodlights for around-the-clock drilling. To carry away the oil, Richfield was laying a 35-mile, 6-inch pipeline to connect with a bigger one that ran to Los Angeles County. Richfield has given the contractor ten days to complete the line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Comeback | 7/26/1948 | See Source »

...telephones, both "main lines" and extensions from main lines, within the University, will connect with each other through a simple dialing of the extension number, in place of the previous oral method...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Telephone Exchange Goes on Dial System Tomorrow | 5/13/1948 | See Source »

...Mexico City, most businesses require at least two telephones. Reason: there are two companies, Mexican Ericsson Co. and Mexicana Telephone & Telegraph Co., and their switchboards do not connect. Last week, a $49 million merger was completed to end this inconvenience. The new combination would be called Telefonos de Mexico, S.A., and an old hand at empire-building hoped that it would make him Mexico's telephone king. The man: Sweden's famed Axel Wenner-Gren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Operation Mexico | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

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