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Word: fifth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cervantes IV Centennial Series will roll into its fifth week of lectures and discussion today and Thursday, when audiences in the Institute of Geographical Exploration hear speeches on the immortal creator of Don Quixote by Lienhard Bergel of Queens College and novelist Ralph Bates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bergel, Bates to Revive Cervantes Today, Thursday | 11/18/1947 | See Source »

Brown rallied desperately midway through the period when Walt Pastusac heaved a 30 yard aerial from the fifth that Bill Altieri carried over for a touchdown. The Cubs missed the kick and never saw the end zone again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Teams Sweep Over Brown | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

...Definition: "Capable of exterminating human life entirely." † About one-fifth of a teaspoonful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Alphabet of Destruction | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

...Detroit, Mayor Edward J. Jeffries sought a fifth term with new backers. During three previous campaigns he had been bitterly opposed by the U.A.W.-C.I.O.; this time the union gave him its support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Cities | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

Mississippi voters had given ranting old Congressman John E. Rankin, last of their nationally notorious demagogues, the worst beating of his career. In a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Theodore G. Bilbo, John Rankin finished fifth among five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELECTIONS: More than Magnolias | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

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