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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Diversion. In Harrah, Okla., R. A. Beal complained that chicken thieves used a handsome bitch to lure his watchdog off duty.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 22, 1949 | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

Two and 0. In Conway, Ark., Pitcher Woody Jobe served up a fast ball that broke the batter's nose, then snapped off a second pitch that broke his own arm. In Salem, N.H., the local athletic club lost its biggest game when a black snake slithered out of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 22, 1949 | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

Like Ecuador's Chief of State, many of you have taken time off during these past few hot weeks to write me about a wide variety of matters. Here are some of the things you have been concerned about:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Aug. 22, 1949 | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

Before Gross could name the other officials to whom the freezers had been shipped, the committee cut him off-it wanted to be certain before taking more public testimony. But that did not stop newspapers from printing some names: among them those of Mrs. Harry Truman and Chief Justice Fred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The Deep Freeze Set | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

At week's end, after only two speeches (Paris, Ky. and Altoona, Pa.), Barkley took off in a converted B-17 accompanied by his favorite Mayflower Hotel musicians -a guitarist, a violinist, and an accordion player. "You're a little late," said Mrs. Hadley, who had been waiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE-PRESIDENCY: The Merry Widower | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

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