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Word: ores (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...detail of the deal is that Argentina, which uses only 3,000 tons of tin a year, has no smelter to process the ore. Presumably Argentina will have it smelted in England. But what would she do with the surplus over her own needs? It might be smart business to sell it to the U.S.-at a fancy profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEMISPHERE: Deal in Tin | 3/31/1947 | See Source »

Victor J. Critchlow, Portland, Ore., Treasurer '47 Red Book, Jubilee Committee, Temporary Class Committee (treasurer), Dunster House Committee (treasurer), Student Council, House football, Glee Club, Orchestra, Choir...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '47 Ballots Reach Class Members in Mail Today | 3/25/1947 | See Source »

...kind, though she seems to lose her accent after the first reel. Action, consisting mainly of knife-throwings and wisecracks, moves from California mansion to insane asylum to Washington hotel to San Quentin Prison, as the two principals frantically pursue a little map locating a fabulous deposit of uranium ore, a substance which seems to have supplanted buried treasure in the cinema palaces these days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/19/1947 | See Source »

Headed for Trouble. In Portland, Ore., Marie Montoya topped off her hairdo with a paring knife, got arrested for carrying a concealed weapon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 17, 1947 | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

...Salem, Ore., ten-year-old Jerry Burns appeared before the state senate to lobby against a bill prohibiting July 4 fireworks. He complained: "It seems like nowadays everything that's any fun is dangerous or immoral or illegal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Mar. 17, 1947 | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

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