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Word: nickel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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After 5½ hours, Paula's time came. The nurse reported to Dr. Martin: "The baby's crowning a nickel's worth," i.e., showing just a bit of its head. Minutes later, Paula gave birth to a healthy, 7½-lb. daughter. But the mother was hemorrhaging badly. Dr. Martin called the center for an emergency "wrecking crew." Within 20 minutes, a second doctor and nurse arrived with whole blood and plasma. Three hours later, assured that neither Paula nor her baby would suffer further complications, the crew was ready for another mission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Baby Commandos | 8/2/1954 | See Source »

...desperate effort to retard the national development of federated giving (e.g., Community Chests). Undoubtedly, it is more than a coincidence that Flint and Michigan have been notable in the successful application of this principle." One Flint resident said that he would never give "another nickel" to Red Cross. Mas sachusetts' Governor Christian Herter de manded an apology to Worcester. Fund officials in all three cities acknowledged that they had turned only token sums over to the Red Cross. But they pointed out that the special funds went toward replacing losses suffered in the storm, edu cation of orphans, patching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ORGANIZATIONS: Indian Givers? | 6/28/1954 | See Source »

Into the big jukebox went another nickel, up went the amplifiers to full power, and out into the night blasted Bye Bye Blues in a mighty shockwave of sound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Jericho on Saunders Street | 6/28/1954 | See Source »

...also developed a "junior board" of bright young employees to keep a constant check on all operations and to make recommendations directly to top management. As a result of his improvements-and war traffic-the road came out of bankruptcy in 1946. After 76 years in which not a nickel was paid in dividends, the railroad made its first payments in 1947. Last year it paid $6 plus a 50% stock dividend on earnings of $14.79 a share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: Young Takes Over | 6/21/1954 | See Source »

...road-tested by General Motors Corp., but mass production of the bus is a long way off. Chief advantages of the vehicles: light weight, little vibration, use of a wide range of fuels, and clutchless operation. Drawbacks: high fuel consumption and scarcity of heat-resistant metals needed, such as nickel, cobalt and molybdenum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Jun. 21, 1954 | 6/21/1954 | See Source »

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