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Word: fives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...July 27, Toronto vice consul Albert Stoffel replied to graham that no final decision had been made. Five days later, Chancellor Compton sent a telegram to FBI chief J. Edger Hoover, in another attempt to clear up Shortliffe's position...

Author: By David RIESMAN Jr., | Title: Shortliffe, "Liberal Socialist," Denied U.S. Visa | 10/4/1949 | See Source »

...them through two World Wars and innumerable political upheavals by means of a bewilderingly complex holding company, incorporated in Belgium, called SOFINA (Société Financieère de Transports et d'Entreprises Industrielles)* The value-and power-of SOFINA is Heineman's secret. But its five-year battle with March over Ebro makes E. Phillips Oppenheim's stories read like fairy tales. Says Dannie Heineman, with icy anger: "I'm no angel, but I've always been a builder. Juan March has always grabbed what he wanted. He wanted Ebro, and he grabbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH FINANCE: Second Battle of the Ebro | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

...minor specialties of moonfaced, meteor-paced Jerry Wald in his eight years as the workhorse producer of the Warner lot. Last week, while the average producer managed to look busy on his year's quota of one or two pictures, Mass-Producer Jerry Wald had five more films finished, and three about ready to start shooting. It was not an unusual week for Hollywood's busiest moviemaker. Last year he turned out nine pictures, including the laureled Johnny Belinda, and got enough quality into the quantity to win himself the prized Irving Thalberg statuette for high-grade production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Oct. 3, 1949 | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

...Seherick, his sister and his aunt are spending five days at Princeton to be able to share in all the honors being bestowed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

...Senate's inquiries into the activities of Washington five per centers probably will not be resumed this year, Senator Clyde Hoey (D-N.C.) said yesterday. Hoey, who heads the investigating sub-committee, said that only unexpected developments would reopen hearings this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yanks Nip sox, Face Flock in Series; Steel, Coal Workers Begin Walkout | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

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