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Word: easiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Easy Work. Wildcatting for oil, Jacobsen likes to say, is the easiest thing in the world: "You can make millions and millions. All you need is a checkbook-and money in the bank. You can get a competent drilling contractor to do all the work for you and you wouldn't even have to go near the place you were drilling. All you'd have to do is pick the place to drill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: The Great Hunter | 12/1/1952 | See Source »

Maryland's Jack Scarbath, touted as the best bet for All-America quarterback honors, enjoyed the easiest day of all. The nation's No. 2 team had an open date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Key Men | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

...biggest fact about the Korean war is this: it was never inevitable, it was never inescapable. No fantastic fiat of history decreed that little South Korea-in the summer of 1950-would fatally tempt Communist aggressors as their easiest victim. No demonic destiny decreed that America had to be bled this way in order to keep South Korea free and to keep freedom itself self-respecting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: I Shall Go to Korea | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

...give Cain 335,000 votes. There were many explanations of Cain's heavy vote: with Jackson unopposed, many Democrats just didn't bother to vote, labor openly suggested that Democrats vote for one of Cain's Republican opponents, and some Democrats say they voted for Cain, believing him the easiest to beat in November...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin, | Title: The Campaign | 10/22/1952 | See Source »

...settlement house workers take special pride in the achievements of their groups, particularly along athletic lines. Almost every athletic group is entered in a league of some sort. Basketball, of course, is the easiest and least expensive league sport, and PBH workers concentrate on this--some with outstanding success...

Author: By George S. Abrams, | Title: Brooks House Workers Provide Vital Aid to Settlement Groups | 10/21/1952 | See Source »

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