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Word: hig (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this atmosphere, Brandt will seek to prove?even more conclusively than it was proved in the Grand Coalition ?that his Socialists are eminently regierungsfähig, or able to govern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: WEST GERMANY: OUTCASTS AT THE HELM | 10/10/1969 | See Source »

...England bettors, unfamiliar with the feats of this Mid-Western horseman, have consistently let the Van Berg horses go to post at high odds--too hig. Anytime a Van Berg horse goes to post at odds of more that 4-1 it can be considered an overlay, because Jack wins 20 per cent of his starts...

Author: By The Scientist, | Title: It's Post Time Again | 7/29/1969 | See Source »

...heyday, "Lee Hig" was one of the kingpins of finance both in the U.S. and abroad. Set up in 1848 in a tiny State Street office by Lawyer John Clarke Lee and his cousin, Boston Merchant George Higginson, Lee Higginson over the years financed the development of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and other Western railroads, built several Boston fortunes by developing the fabulous Calumet & Hecla Copper Mine in Michigan. The firm helped put together General Electric in 1892, led the financing of the struggling General Motors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finance: Good Night, Lee Hig | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

Intermittently, Trujillo proffered bits of the carrot to go with the whip. He reminded the church that he was building a $3,500,000 basilica and a $4,000,000 Catholic University in Higüey. He also warned that the church by inciting a rebellion against him was asking for a Castro. As the pressure built up and church attendance fell off under the Trujillo scrutiny, the decision was made to bend-or at least appear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dominican Republic: The Church Bends | 2/3/1961 | See Source »

...high hig-uppity girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: FROM ABE'S CABE TO ZOOLY A Slang Sampler | 7/11/1960 | See Source »

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