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Word: palominos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...busy week for the indefatigable young Shah of Iran. In Fort Knox, Ky., he played his first slot machine, hit a $10 jackpot which didn't pay off. In Phoenix, Ariz., he bulldogged a steer, rode a palomino named Cream of Wheat Jr., had his first date (dinner and a square dance) since his arrival with an American girl: willowy blonde Northwestern Graduate Joanne Frakes, 23, who later confessed that she had trouble remembering he was a King. "He only acted kingly a couple of times," she said, "mostly he was just like any other nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Entrances & Exits | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...apiece in profits (a 4,800% return) since 1933. Even with out a calculator, that added up to a round $1,200,000 for Fridén's own 50% share in the business-more than enough to stock his 600-acre Alameda County ranch with fine palomino horses and Hereford cattle, and to pay for the lavish swimming and riding parties he likes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVENTION: Calculator's Calculations | 10/25/1943 | See Source »

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