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Word: licensee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Foolery. In Kansas City, Autoist John B. Rullo, who guessed that he had been practically joked, promised to correct his license plates after police stopped him. His rear license plate announced: "Foo-Goo." Contradicted the front one: "Goo-Foo,"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 9, 1943 | 8/9/1943 | See Source »

The U.S. decided firmly not to understand. This week Leo T. Crowley, new U.S. Director of Economic Warfare, sent a letter to 16,000 American exporters, clamping economic sanctions on Argentina. All licenses for exports to that country issued since May 1, 1943 have been studied to make sure that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Pressure on Argentina | 8/9/1943 | See Source »

Marriageable Molars. In Graham, N.C., Dentist Will Long peered into a young man's mouth, noted "fully developed wisdom teeth, perfect set of molars," therefore judged him over 21. The young man was therefore able to get a marriage license.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 19, 1943 | 7/19/1943 | See Source »

Two years ago the Federal Communications Commission discovered that Georgia's wirehaired, rabble-rousing Representative Gene ("Goober") Cox had received a $2,500 gift of stock from radio station WALB (Atlanta, Ga.), after helping the station get its license from FCC. (By law, Congressmen are forbidden to accept fees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Cox's Circus | 7/19/1943 | See Source »

Bland was a member of the original mind City Blue Blowers whose records sold in the millions, and Mezzrow and Lugg were in the ill-fated band which Mezz started in the fall of 1937 at the Uproar House in New York--the only full-sized mixed dance band ever...

Author: By S/sgr GEORGE M. avelstein, | Title: JAZZ, ETC. | 7/16/1943 | See Source »

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