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Word: olean (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...autographs for housewives, on handbags and even a check stub ("I never sign my autograph on a check"). In Alfred "Rocky" popped a blue Alfred University beanie on his head while 2,000 students cheered. In Wellsville he solemnly accepted 50? campaign contributions from two shy Brownie scouts. In Olean he let ward bosses wait while he strode into W. T. Grant's to shake more hands and buy a nickel's worth of green taffy. In Salamanca he grabbed a baton and directed the high school band, grabbed a hula hoop and, with a flourish, tossed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: The Rocky Roll | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

...Olean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 16, 1956 | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

Hour of Decision. In Olean, N.Y., fined $2 for a parking violation, Motorist Mike Gabriel offered to pay $1, was turned down, chose five days in jail, after four hours behind bars changed his mind, paid the fine in full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 28, 1955 | 3/28/1955 | See Source »

...teams in the nation. The game was played in Pittsburgh's Duquesne Gardens (a privately owned arena not connected with the school) and was a 5,600 sellout. Duquesne had to turn back 25,000 ticket requests; St. Bonaventure claimed it could have sold 5,000 tickets around Olean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Basketball's Big Ten | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

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