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Word: fats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Secretary: Fat chance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Short Play in One Act | 12/3/1954 | See Source »

...became a successful corporation lawyer, with such important clients as Canadian Pacific and Willys-Overland. With his fat fees he began buying up his collection of radio stations and companies. At the same time he argued often and well for labor. Most notable victory: the Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. case, which won "portal-to-portal" pay for labor unions and brought $5 billion in suits against U.S. businessmen (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Innocent Lamb? | 11/29/1954 | See Source »

...juvenile Jenkins was jumping with joy, As he sported him over the sandy lea; In his small fat hand there was many a toy And many a cake in his mouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Juvenile Carroll | 11/29/1954 | See Source »

...wanted to change her dress. "Don't change now," he pleaded hoarsely. "Lee would positively have a fit." After motioning a tall boy into place as head of a column of soldiers, he surveyed the group for a second. "Nonononono," he said, "Don Jose is short and fat. We can't have the soldiers taller than he. Change your positions...

Author: By James F. Gilligan, | Title: One-Night Stand | 11/23/1954 | See Source »

Married. Evelyn Ay, 21, Miss America of 1954 (who expressed surprise at winning the title because she felt she was too fat "here and there"); and Carl G. Sempier Jr., 23, U.S. Navy ensign and former University of Pennsylvania varsity footballer; in Ephrata...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 22, 1954 | 11/22/1954 | See Source »

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