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Word: draft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Earrings & High Life. Margaret was born in Georgia, and when she was a little girl her family moved to Chicago's Near North Side. At 13 Maggie stole a car. She liked nice, big, dangle earrings and convertibles. Draft beer wasn't good enough for her: Maggie's taste demanded Miller High Life by the chilled case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Female of the Species | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

...success story, once it got started, moved almost as fast as the horses he rides. Born in Ebensburg, Pa. in 1932, Willie graduated from high school too scrawny to work in the coal mines with his father, so skinny that he was even passed over by his draft board. He became a potential Dead End kid, living as high as he could by gambling and shooting craps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Little Winner | 11/28/1955 | See Source »

...National Football League will begin the first three rounds of drafting college players tomorrow morning. Green Bay, Pittsburgh, or the Chicago Cardinals will get the first pick of any college football star. The remaining 27 rounds of the draft will be held next January...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Meigs May Become Pro Football Player | 11/28/1955 | See Source »

...draft will be held in New York City...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Meigs May Become Pro Football Player | 11/28/1955 | See Source »

...spokesman also pointed out that the new draft rules will not go into effect until the President approves them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Revised Draft Still Promises To Induct All | 11/26/1955 | See Source »

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