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Word: minn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...typically American set of names. There was a Tomlinson, a Kiezanowski, a Morrissey, a Rolek, a Brown and a Selig. They came from all over the country: Westfield, Mass., Oakland, Calif.; Warren, Ark.; Kalamazoo, Mich.; Aitkin, Minn.; Clearwater, Fla.; Baltimore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: CASUALTY LIST | 7/10/1950 | See Source »

...Paul, Minn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 26, 1950 | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

...rarely has surgery sought to come between Siamese twins while both were living. Where several organs are shared, surgery is impossible. In simpler cases the twins are often in circuses, dependent on their deformity for a living, and refuse the operation. In 1925, Dr. Hillard Herman Holm of Glencoe, Minn, successfully separated twin girls. One died at twelve, of a heart ailment; one is still living and well. But each successful operation has been matched by one or more failures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Siamese Twins | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

...Stew. In Litchfield, Minn., the county treasurer pondered the note pinned to an irate citizen's tax return: "The cannibals had a way of solving high taxes . . . they ate the tax collector...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 22, 1950 | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

...Populi. In Mankato, Minn., Mrs. Shirley Moore got a 90-day suspended sentence and a fine of $108.50-the exact amount it cost the telephone company to trace the 630 calls she had made to the sheriff's office to give him a big Bronx cheer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 15, 1950 | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

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