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Word: oles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nastiest Ole Man." Last week, hunched in the prisoners' dock, earphones clamped to his seemingly petrified bald head, his body weirdly stiffened (he suffers from arthritis of the spine and hardening of the arteries), he was still a perfect bureaucrat. His only concern was an efficient defense. He worked furiously, scribbling endless notes of rebuttal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR CRIMES: The Bureaucrat | 3/29/1948 | See Source »

...some reason, this convinced Mrs. Thomas that he was "not going to ram anti-segregation down our throats." She added: "The White House looked just like a beautiful home instead of a cold ole capital. I do feel that we're all right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Little Southern Pats | 3/22/1948 | See Source »

...planned to go to New York to see some fashion models who had voted him No. I Leap Year Bachelor, and thus get his picture in the papers. As a self-avowed presidential candidate, he also hoped to rebroadcast a campaign promise-that he would take his "ole cornshuck mop and his ole suds bucket" and sweep up the Democratic Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALABAMA: A Man Was the Cause of It All | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

Northern and southern New England factions of the newly-born National Student Association are expected to clash today and tomorrow over the issue of N.S.A.'s ole in partisan politics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Second Regional NSA Parley Opens This Morning at B.U. | 2/7/1948 | See Source »

Since he left the farm eleven years ago, Eddy has toured the U.S., making personal appearances (for as high as $5,000), plugging his own records. He is a regular on NBC's Grand Ole Opry, now has his own five-day-a-week transcription programs. In Manhattan a reporter asked him whether he really had been a plowboy. Said he: "Boy, I sure did plow. That's why I wanted to learn to play that guitar, so I wouldn't have to keep plowin' all my life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Plowboy | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

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