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Word: grapes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...costin' a lot of money, you know. I got it on the grape vine, I got friends in the government, they're gonna take off the hearings in a couple days...

Author: By Harry K. Schwartz, | Title: The Bloodshot Eye | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

...rain that falls, a flower blooms. Expressing both religious feeling and appreciation, if not understanding of nature's workings, it sold about a million records. To bring this elevated thought into the realm of common understanding, a song was translated from Italian to "From the vine came the grape. From the grape came the wine, From the wine came a dream to a lover," which pretty much rolls into one the kindness of the Almighty, the abundance of nature, and human love...

Author: By Edmund H. Harvey, | Title: Softly, With Feeling | 3/25/1954 | See Source »

Finley, though visibly shaken, quickly resumed his lecture but was unable to hold back a few chuckles as his guest remained composed throughout the remainder of the hour only stopping once or twice to munch a grape. The laurel wearing imitator, who was rumored to be a Lampoon fool, stood up at 10:55 and slowly walked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Finley Talk Disturbed By Toga-Clad Visitor | 12/16/1953 | See Source »

Upgraded Box-Toppers. After a survey showed that 85% of those who eat Grape-Nuts Flakes are teen-agers or older...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Nov. 23, 1953 | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

...Good Luck. In Bakersfield, Calif., two prison-farm inmates were charged with assault & battery after the superintendent reported that they had burned the hair off Prisoner Frank McKee's head, forced him to eat grape stems and cigarette butts, struck him with a horseshoe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 14, 1953 | 9/14/1953 | See Source »

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