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Word: motoring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Carroll F. Getchell, Director of the H.A.A., revealed yesterday that two more contest have tentatively been added to the Varsity football schedule. The Crimson will probably face Tufts here on Saturday, November 11, and will meet the Melville, Rhode island, Motor Torpedo Boat School one week later...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Squelches Boston College 'T', 13-0 For Fourth Win, Before 43,000 Spectators | 10/10/1944 | See Source »

Patriot. In Portland, Ore., a woman motorist gave four A coupons for 12 gallons of gas, sighed when the tank took only 11.9, cheerfully raced her motor until there was room for the rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 9, 1944 | 10/9/1944 | See Source »

...break came last week in the fog of rumor which has swirled about the Fisher Brothers since they quit General Motors (TiME, Aug. 14). The Brothers filed incorporation papers in Lansing, Mich, for two new companies, Fisher Brothers, Inc. and Fisher Motor Car Co. (They had previously incorporated in Delaware.) The companies, each of which has 1,000 shares of no par common stock, declared their purpose to design, manufacture, sell, repair and deal in airplanes, automobiles and "any & all automotive products." As usual, the Fishers kept their actual plans to themselves. Detroit's guess: the Fisher plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Autos by Fisher? | 10/9/1944 | See Source »

Brass Rings. In San Francisco, merry-go-rounders went round & round & round while the attendant was too occupied in a fist fight to shut off the motor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 25, 1944 | 9/25/1944 | See Source »

...Lieut. General Walter C. Short, commander of the Hawaiian Department, who was blamed with Kimmel for the failure of U.S. defenses, is in charge of "traffic and transportation" at the Ford Motor Co. plant in Dallas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - Where Are They Now? | 9/25/1944 | See Source »

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