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Word: nickel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...left forward slot. Top Bruin scorer last year, Grimshaw figures to give Crimson defenders a rough evening with his bag of trick lay-uns, smooth floor work, and rugged defense. Probable Lineups HARWARD BROWN Page, f. Grimshaw Noble, f. D. Zuber Hauptfuhrer, c. Mustee Marlaschin, g. Corner Davis g. Nickel...

Author: By Stanley J. Friedman, | Title: Crimson Five Seeks Second Victory Against Brown Hoopsters Tonight | 12/14/1946 | See Source »

After Grimshaw, Coach Ewbank's material is largely unknown. He has Paul Nickel, Dave and Paul Zuber, Manny Costa, and Bill Baker left from last year...

Author: By Stanley J. Friedman, | Title: Crimson Five Seeks Second Victory Against Brown Hoopsters Tonight | 12/14/1946 | See Source »

...Even a nickel wasn't worth five cents any more. In a survey of Manhattan, the Daily Mirror found that a candy bar cost 7?, shoelaces were two for 15?. In a penny arcade, slot-machine psychoanalysis was 2? throw. Quipped one shopkeeper, overhauling his price lists on patent medicines: "If you experience stomach distress due to hyperacidity, it will now cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL: The Vanishing Jitney | 11/25/1946 | See Source »

Stripping down a car to the thousands of parts Ford buys from suppliers, Browning took a long, hard look at the pieces. That nickel-plated horn button emblem, couldn't that be replaced with a painted emblem? It could and would be. Savings: 8.9? per item; total saved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Penny Attacks | 11/25/1946 | See Source »

...Elimination of two-tone paint, nickel-trim caps on the steering-wheel crossbar. Saving: 49½? per item...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Penny Attacks | 11/25/1946 | See Source »

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