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Word: heyes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were traveling with the American Youth Hostel. We were walking along the Piazza Barberine when a little man came up to us. The Piazza was where the bus from Army headquarters stopped. Dozens of little men there always came up to Americans, in or out of uniform, saying. "Hey Joe--ya wanna change da dolla?" Other little men wanted to buy your watch, sell you their watch, buy your shirt, or sell you French francs at a bargain for American money . . . and what about these immense Charley Roche punts? When was the last time you ever saw anyone...

Author: By Joel Rephaclson, | Title: Off The Cuff | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

...Dodger bench, Eddie Miksis spread consternation among his superstitious teammates by blurting out the unmentionable: "Hey, they haven't got any hits." Out there on the mound, Rex Barney did not need to be told ("I always know when a guy comes up there what he's done the last time ... I remember the ones that have hit me, and there were none to remember...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: For the Missus | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

...Cleveland, 101.2° in Philadelphia, 100.4° in Boston and 96° in Hell, Mich. In New York, Weather Bureau employees, who work without benefit of air conditioning, noted a temperature of 100.8°. The New York Telephone Co. answered more than 190,000 calls from people who said: "Hey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEATHER: Heat Wave | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...smiled: "I sinned, but who will cast the last stone?" Then he put the treaty to a vote, clause by clause. In 23 minutes, he whipped his boys (and Mme. Pauker) through the required 58 votes. Once, one of his stooges forgot to raise his hand; Vishinsky nudged him: "Hey, pay attention." Fifty-seven times, as he voted "abstention," Cannon's arm shot up like a railroad signal gone wild; the 58th time (when the draft as a whole was put to the vote) he voted "no" but was, from habit, listed as abstaining again. He rose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: Evil & the Postmaster | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

...25th New York County Assembly District stepped out of his office and bawled: "Who wants to run for Congress?" It really didn't matter: the candidate didn't have a chance. A chunky little (5 ft. 2 in.) lawyer piped up: "I do." Someone said: "Hey, La Guardia, what's your first name? . . . Fiorello? Oh, hell, let's get someone whose name we can spell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: What Butch Remembered | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

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