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Word: gft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Outside the little northern Texas town of Krum last week, a platoon of railroad workers spaced gft. ties along a new track bed, spotted rails over tie plates and pounded home the spikes. This was no ordinary track-laying; the gandy dancers were laying the longest stretch of new line-49 miles-in the U.S. in 20 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: Clear Track for the Santa Fe | 5/23/1955 | See Source »

...claimed that the Aero's six-cylinder, go-h.p. engine gets more horsepower for its size than any other U.S. automobile engine. With overdrive ($86 extra), Willys said the Aero can do 35 miles on a gallon of regular-grade gasoline. One big drawback: the small Aero (gft. wheel base, 2,570 Ibs.) is high-priced. List price, without extras: $1,824 to $1,903 (f.o.b. Toledo), considerably higher than other small cars now on the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The New Models | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

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