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Word: jersey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...call board, smoking and talking. On the board are buttons that connect them directly with the Georgia offices of 29 nationwide freight carriers. "May I have your attention, please," an amplified female voice will vibrate through the room. "Anybody with a reefer interested in going to New York, New Jersey or Pennsylvania, please come to the desk." What a driver hauls depends partly on his truck. "Reefer" is jargon for a semi that carries refrigerated items, flatbeds tend to be for shop machinery, a dry box hauls everything else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Georgia: Footnotes from a Trucker's Heaven | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

...that fire still didn't raise the New Jersey temperatures above 20 degrees. Upon arriving in Princeton the effects of New York City's awe-inspiring traffic jams faded and the impending basketball contest between the Crimson and the Tigers, our supposed raison d'etre, became the target of our journalistic odyssey...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg and Laura E. Schanberg, S | Title: On the Road | 2/17/1979 | See Source »

...only man in a Crimson jersey who didn't walk off the court a winner last night was captain John Havens. Havens fell to MIT number one man Kevin Burns, who combined skilled shot-making with excellent anticipation to oust the All-League Havens in four games...

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Racquetmen Snap Losing Streak; Crush Hapless MIT Squad' 8-1 | 2/13/1979 | See Source »

...game. The casino had cause for alarm: Uston was winning at the rate of $700 an hour and had accumulated $43,000 in chips in about 60 hours of playing when he was informed of the ban. Undaunted, Uston plans to file a complaint with the New Jersey Casino Control Commission. He also may continue to place a few chips on the sly: "Maybe I'll try my Dr. Wasserman disguise," he said, holding up a gray wig. "That's the one where I wear thick glasses and a Brooks Brothers suit with a Shriners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Catch-21 | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...Jersey 106, Detroit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCOREBOARD | 2/9/1979 | See Source »

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