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Word: franked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only trouble was that he almost always got caught. Finally, in 1940, he was picked up in Memphis for breaking into a store, stealing a $25 radio. It was his 20th conviction and his fourth in Tennessee, and in Tennessee four strikes are out. As a "habitual criminal," Frank Grandstaff was sent to the state penitentiary at Nashville for life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Habitual Composer | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...last fortnight. Stewart and his partners (among them: Continental Airlines' President Robert Six; Howard Hughes's ubiquitous agent, Johnny Meyer; and General Aniline & Film's Chairman Jack Frye) had risked $75,000 on a tip Meyer got from a geologist who had previously tipped Meyer and Frank Sinatra to another payoff site (Sinatra's "Crooner No. i" well in Wyoming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: The Hollywood Wildcats | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...Cornell's greatest weapon is its speed. Right halfback Frank Miller spends his Springs running the 100 and the 220 yard dashes for the track team, and the other members of the backfield could probably do the same given the inclination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Big Red Best We'll Face'---Valpey | 10/8/1949 | See Source »

Crimson rooters can gain slight consolation from the Big Red's star-studded injury list. Captain Paul Girolamo separated his shoulder in the opening win over Niagara, and ground-gainer Frank Bradico is sidelined. Reserve backs Rocco Calvo and Stuart Mertz are also out of action. In the line, first string ends Walt Bruska and Harry Cassel will almost definitely not play, while offensive tackle Dick Ramin is benched with as injured knee...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Fast, Polished Cornell Team Will Face Crimson In Homecoming Game; Houston Will Be Starter | 10/8/1949 | See Source »

Sailing against a 12-college field will be Frank Scully, Charlie McElroy, John Bishop, and Tom Carroll. These four will put to sea against M.I.T., Yale, Navy, Coast Guard, Princeton, and four other American schools, as well as representatives from Toronto and McGill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailors Begin Second Regatta of Fall Term | 10/8/1949 | See Source »

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