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Word: misses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Miss Gilbert's election came as a surprise after a tumultuous all night session that started, Friday midnight had placed three other names in nomination for the chairmanship. Much of the furor in the pre-down conclave was the outgrowth of a regional split that had been threatening for almost a year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swap Gains Local Pair NSA Offices | 9/23/1948 | See Source »

...Miss Gilbert was nominated as the only possible candidate that was independent of both "factions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swap Gains Local Pair NSA Offices | 9/23/1948 | See Source »

...Houghteling decided to run against Miss Gilbert...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swap Gains Local Pair NSA Offices | 9/23/1948 | See Source »

...Miss Gilbert defeated Houghteling for the chairmanship and the loser was then unanimously elected vice chairman. Both will have a vote on the N.S.A.'s national board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swap Gains Local Pair NSA Offices | 9/23/1948 | See Source »

...found her tongue, and ended by talking too much. She told her cousin Austin King, who was already married, that she loved him, and pinned her heart so conspicuously to her sleeve that his wife Martha and the rest of the townspeople of Draperville, Ill. couldn't miss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bittersweet Truth | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

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