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Word: nickels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Machine. In Providence, Bus Terminal Agent Harold Waterman told police that a determined patron dropped a nickel in a vending machine, got nothing, shook it, still got nothing, picked it up and carried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 12, 1948 | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

...promote this guess into a well-considered theory, Dr. Brown collected information about 107 meteorites (grounded meteors). He reasoned that "all the fragments came from an exploding planet which had a molten core of nickel-iron at about 3,000° Centigrade [5,432° F.] and an internal pressure of more than 100,000 atmospheres [1,470,000 pounds per square inch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Planets & Paramecia | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

...last week Round No. 3 produced its first crisis. It arose out of a demand by three A.F.L. unions, representing some 50,000 Western Union employees, for a 15?-an-hour hike. Western Union offered to give from a penny to a nickel more per hour to 9,029 workers, nothing to the rest. The unions branded the offer "insulting," called a strike for this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: No. 3 | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

Most ominous element on the periodical waste paper counter was the tome of the B. J. Field titled "The Prospects of American Capitalism" which appeared to be worth only a nickel, with no takers at closing time...

Author: By Richard W. Wallace, | Title: Prospects of Capitalism Not Worth A Nickel at Widener Clearance Sale | 12/19/1947 | See Source »

...according to repair man Tom White, are in the Cottage Grille. For the semi-pre, Harry's Arcade Spa contains the best selection, ranging from the latest bombastic bellringers to the vintage '89 skill trials. In my case, all agree; stay away from Boston's monster arcade nickel gobblers everyone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brute Force Replacing Skill As Pinball Becomes Lost Art | 12/18/1947 | See Source »

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