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Word: meters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Discrimination. In Bangor, Me., police removed a playful citizen from the parking meter to which he clung, despite his protest that he had put in his nickel and still had 35 minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 26, 1948 | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...hero for the second week running. He came butterflying and frog-kicking down the final lap of the 220-yard breaststroke race to win. His time of 2:30.5 (compared to Miss Van Vliet's 2:51 at Daytona Beach) was a new U.S. and world 200-meter record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wrong by Nell? | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

...committee held out little hope that annual economies might reduce the costs of operating the Houses. Electricity and heating costs have gone up in the past months with the increased price of coal, according to Fischelis, and there is doubt that any meter system would save enough to offset the cost of administering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Report Questions Policies Behind Rent Rise | 3/26/1948 | See Source »

...Three-meter dive: Won by Heston (Yale); second, Fergusan (Yale); third, Drohan (Harvard); fourth, Flynn (Rutgers); fifth, Frazler (Penn.); sixth, Sevilia (Springfield). Winner's points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Mermen Win Intercollegiates As Verdeur Smashes Two Records | 3/22/1948 | See Source »

...Three Meter Diving--Final...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swim Schedule | 3/20/1948 | See Source »

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