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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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On the first turn, Jockey Dave Gorman moved Air Lift up on the outside from fifth to third. He was gaining on the leaders, when he broke stride, began to weave. A watcher near the rail had heard something that sounded like a pistol shot. Jockey Gorman slowed the colt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Son of Bold Venture | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

In a big green horse van, Air Lift was taken back to the stables. The track veterinarian found two compound fractures of the ankle, deadened the pain with a double shot of novocaine. Grooms sponged the colt off and gave him some hay to munch. New York Sun Sportwriter W...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Son of Bold Venture | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

¶ In Covington, Ky., Mrs. Robert G. Davis, 24, had been in an iron lung for 24 hours when she gave birth to a healthy, 5 lb. 4 oz. girl. For final delivery the lung was opened, and the motor shut off, for only 15 seconds. Mrs. Davis' condition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Mechanical Minutemen | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

Officials clung to the hope that this year, unlike last, the crippling disease might reach a peak at an early date, then quickly taper off.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Mechanical Minutemen | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

Because of radio's slump in billings, and the punishing cost of keeping television rolling, Schenley had picked a good moment to pop the question. As Variety noted last week, radio's scramble for new income had begun with giveaway shows, progressed through "deodorants, medical books, mail-order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Amber Light | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

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