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Word: ninths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Early Start. In Amarillo, Texas, a seven-year-old culprit was hauled into juvenile court for stealing $5 and seven tricycles. In Franklin, La., a 14-year-old ninth-grader was arrested for cashing two checks she had made out as an arithmetic assignment. In Roanoke, Va., Sherman Lovelace, facing charges of illegally wearing a Navy uniform and possessing an Army discharge, was convicted of polygamy (three wives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 26, 1949 | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Cummings, with his ninth straight recording on the turntable, relented. "I never went for Mule Train" he explained mildly. "The only way to get my fans around to my way of thinking was to play the tune to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Whiplash | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...soaring, French-Gothic Cathedral of St. John the Divine-second largest church in the world (the largest: Rome's St. Peter's). By indefatigably begging funds from Protestants of all denominations, as well as from Catholics and Jews, he managed to raise some $15 million for the ninth-of-a-mile-long cathedral, now nearly completed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Fast in the Faith | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...Kelly, widow of a city court judge and mother of two teenagers, had served as a Democratic legislative analyst at Albany, will be the ninth woman in the present House. She based her ten-point platform on the Fair Deal, urged full aid to Israel and, in passing, thumpingly approved the Brooklyn Dodgers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Shoo-ins | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

Chester A. Higley, a Cambridge Civic Association endorsed candidate, was awarded the ninth, final, and hotly contested seat on the Cambridge City Council as counting of the ballots submitted November 8 ended today. The victory gave the CCA a five to four majority over the "Independents" on the Council...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Higley Win Gives CCA Council Edge | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

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