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Word: parchesi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Among other things, you have to be approved by a panel of physicians, including an eye doctor, a cardiologist, a back specialist, and one who tests reflexes in the soles of your feet. You have to work out traffic problems with model cars on something that looks like a parchesi board, and prove that you can take apart and mount an engine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: GUNTHER INSIDE RUSSIA | 4/14/1958 | See Source »

Cribbage, parchesi, flinch, or lotto. But I liked to kiss Little Fred and Otto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Library Laughter | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

...cracked down. The late Andrei Zhdanov, who was then a close rival of Malenkov for advancement in the party hierarchy, saw how to turn Malenkov's blunt words against him. In a ringing call for orthodoxy, intellectual Zhdanov retraced the party line afresh. In the game of Bolshevik parchesi, Malenkov had to move back several spaces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Number 2 1/2 | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

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