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Word: krop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that's a hell of a note, thought Dr. Milton Krop, as he read it. The note was certainly not what he had expected to find when he made a routine call at the "Haunted House," a Victorian horror in Jackson Heights, on the Long Island reaches of New York City, where old Mrs. Folsom lived with her daughter. He stared at the bottle marked Poison that he clutched in one hand, and then at the terrified young woman whose wrist he held firmly in the other. The bottle, as the doctor had reason to know, contained a placebo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How Awful It Is to Be Milt | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

Bales of It. Dr. Milton Krop was not the brightest penny that ever came out of the gutter, but for once in his life he thought fast: with that heart of his, he could hardly last more than two years, but he was still young enough to have a little fun before the finish. Fun costs money. Well, the girl would have money, bales of it, as soon as the estate was settled. He looked her over. "Hair skinned back, big nose. Skin color like a mushroom . . . nothing clothes." He thought: "What have I got to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How Awful It Is to Be Milt | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

...matter involved WORD radio station call-letters. I got KIND Of a KICK OUt of WICH Calls WERE included. I'd like to KNOW the KOSY KOVE or KASM your KREW uses to WORK in. They're missing plenty. KAST a KWIK look at the KEEN KROP I KROW about. I had to WRAK my WIRY KOKO until it was a WERI WREC and hard to KEEP KOOL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 8, 1954 | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

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