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Word: folds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...catch is two-fold. Of those men on the team today, five will graduate at midyear. And of those six who graduated last June, more than one have left crucial gaps in the lineup...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Skaters, Girding for Opener, Boast an Experienced Team | 11/30/1949 | See Source »

WHRB may have to fold up if an anticipated Federal Communications Commission ruling on college stations is passed, the Radio Network revealed this weekend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FCC Probe of College Stations May Force Radio Network to Close Down | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...shelves inside. Loewy moved the motor, from top to bottom, chopped off the legs, and installed the first non-rusting aluminum shelves ever to be used in a refrigerator. The Coldspot became a single smooth, gleaming unit of functional simplicity-and with it Sears' sales shot up five-fold by 1936. Loewy had been paid only $2,500 for the job (and had spent nearly three times that in expenses), but Sears was glad to pay him $25,000 for his next job. His reputation was made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Up from the Egg | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

Politely, Tuan asked the nine to come back into the Nationalist fold or else clear out of the embassy. Three eventually changed sides again, reaffirmed their allegiance to the Kuomintang. Six remained adamant. To deal with them, said Tuan, reinforcements would arrive this week from the still loyal missions in London, Brussels and The Hague. Said Counselor George Mong (the rebels' ringleader): "Tuan is one of my oldest and dearest friends. If, in the end, he tosses me out, there will be nothing personal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHANCELLERIES: Over the Teacups | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

...announcement in World Series week that Danny was back in the fold, and had signed with the St. Louis Cardinals for $5,000 a year, caused little flurry. But last week, with the series over and Gardella asserting loudly that "there was no cash settlement," sportwriters began speculating about what kind of a settlement baseball might have made with Danny and his lawyers. The guesses ranged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: I'm So Happy | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

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