Word: jitney
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Atlantic City, Mrs. Edna Lamb, 23, a professional oyster opener from Maurice River, N.J., won the U.S. clam-eating championship by downing 186 cherry stones in 30 minutes. This was 30 clams better than the national record hung up last year by a jitney driver named Izzy Weintraub. Defending Champion Weintraub's score...
...drain has only begun. The veterans of World War II may ultimately number 16,000,000. World War II's huge omnibus program made all former veterans legislation look like nickel jitney rides. Deeply aware of their obligations, nevertheless U.S. taxpayers had reason to feel misgivings, as the nation embarked on the most far-reaching veterans program in history. How long, it might well ask itself, does a war last...
...from a Filipino lawyer, put up $825 between themselves. The editors took pen names: Utin, whose name is a dirty word in Tagalog, became Eric Raymond. His partner, wanting something fancier than Schutz, became Chris Edwards. The first issue of the Philippine-American was peddled in horse-drawn jitney carts, was a 2,000-copy sellout...