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Word: neb (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sabata, owner of a general store in Dwight, Neb. (pop. 294) thought the recipient of his letter might like to know the price of eggs and such things. Meticulously he set them down: "Coffee, 29? a Ib.; sugar, 8? a Ib.; beans, 9? a Ib.; eggs, 32? a dozen; corn meal, 5 Ib. for 17?; overalls, $1.75 a pr." Added Storekeeper Sabata: "My family consists of four girls, ages 21, 19, 16 and one year. I wouldn't do my government much good for soldiers, having all girls, but I did my part in 1918. I was in France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Dear Red ... | 6/14/1943 | See Source »

...worked closely for 23 years. He is supported, but not too ostentatiously, by the wealthy Pew, Du Pont and Columbia Gas & Electric interests (Rule 9). Since the first of the year he has let the voters see him (Rule 10) in speech-making appearances in Chicago, Nashville, Manhattan, Lincoln, Neb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Become President | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

CORNELIUS J. DWYER Flight Officer, A.U.S. Alliance, Neb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 12, 1943 | 4/12/1943 | See Source »

...nosed, publicity-wise Jimmy Durante let it be known that he was insuring his neb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Apr. 12, 1943 | 4/12/1943 | See Source »

...West Point in 1917, graduated eleven days before the Armistice with the "joker" class which then had to go back to school after it had been commissioned'. Always an exciting fellow, he was the cause of his editor-father's failure to get out the Platte Center, Neb. newspaper the week he was born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - COMMAND: Young Man in a Hurry | 2/22/1943 | See Source »

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