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Word: jammed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...system. "The traffic might have been a little more dangerous before, but it certainly moved faster," argued one. "Busses are forced to double-park, and between 5:30 and 6 p.m. cars are often tied up as far back as Chauncy Street. Not to mention the early morning jam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cabbies Condemn Rotary in Square | 10/14/1949 | See Source »

...jam-ups or long waits marred College registration yesterday, but members of the football team fared even better than the average upperclassman. The entire team registered during the mid-day break, thus making all players free for the afternoon practice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Registers 3,670; Absentees Not Yet Totaled | 9/27/1949 | See Source »

Herbert C. Hathorn, a former Agriculture Department administrator, who had testified to the committee that Vaughan had threatened to "get his job" if he didn't' help the Allied Molasses Co. out of a jam. The President's aide protested that he had never tried to influence a public official and even went as far as to wonder in earnest tones "whether someone impersonated me in a telephone conversation with Mr. Hathorn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Friendship & Nothing More | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

When Mary Lou Williams was only eleven, Pittsburgh's jazzbos, including Pianist Earl ("Father") Hines, were already calling for her after school to come and jam with them. Count Basie and Duke Ellington used to slide off their piano benches so she could sit down and they could listen. The night "Satchmo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Land of Oo-bla-dee | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

...last week's test flight, the Jetliner's speed was held down to 317 m.p.h. Jam-packed with testing instruments, the plane is slated for months of rigorous shakedown flights; within six months a second Jetliner is expected to be ready for additional tests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Test Flight | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

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