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Word: hooks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Turks, Olsen Gang, Egan's Rats, Frenchmen, Over Dukes, Walkie Talkies, Socialistics, Comets, Redskins, Bowery Bums, Shamrocks, Commanches, Clashers, Bucks, Aggies, Forty Thieves, Rapiers, Red Devils, Lisbons, Champs, Trojans, Coriettes, Tiny Tims, Dragons, Jackson Knights, Vladecks, Bowery Boys, Braves, Garfield Boys, Navy Street Boys, Sand Street Boys, Red Hook Boys, Jolly Stompers, Redskin Roamers, Coney Island Boys, Beavers, Bishops, South Brooklyn Boys, Avon Dukes, Chancellors, Penguins, Robins, Nits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 7, 1948 | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

This week the hook was baited again. Joe Stalin replied to Henry Wallace's open letter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: And So On | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

...hose trucks, a hook and ladder, and two police cars beat a path to the door of a red Plymouth yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field Road, after the undergraduate owner of the vehicle had tried unsuccessfully to suffocate a back seat bonfire with a baseball glove...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Car Blaze Routs Cruising Student | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...pressed the charge of civil contempt.* Lewis could be jailed or fined on the civil charge at the discretion of the court. Morison noted that 85% of the miners had gone back. His recommendation: the civil penalty should be postponed. This meant that Lewis would still be on the hook. The court could haul him in and fine him at the drop of a miner's pick. Judge Goldsborough thought the suggestion "eminently proper" and adjourned the case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Gaffed | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

...hook a ball deliberately (e.g., to get past a tree): turn both hands toward the right when gripping the club. To slice, turn the hands the other way over the shaft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tips from Hogan | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

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