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Word: placardized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...placard on the counter of the Manhattan music store of Carl Fischer, Inc. was modest enough in size, but the slogan it bore was a call to arms. "COMBAT THE MENACE!" it read. "GET YOUR LUDWIG BUTTON.'' The menace: none other than Rock 'n' Roller Elvis Presley. The Ludwig: a composer with the last name of Beethoven. Last week Ludwig van Beethoven was the center of one of the fastest-growing fan clubs in the nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Combat the Menace! | 4/29/1957 | See Source »

...bank, the town rallied around the bank and Uncle Bill. Depositors brought in more money than on almost any Saturday since the resort season ended; the busy, year-round Nevele Hotel & Country Club alone deposited $102,-ooo. A wooden booth went up in the town square with the placard: "We're behind you, Bill," and 3.000 residents lined up to sign a petition: "Ellenville is a finer place to live because of his unselfish leadership." Business leaders sent Rose a letter reaffirming the "unique regard we hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: The Generous Lender | 12/24/1956 | See Source »

...United Steelworkers in the tough steel town of West Mifflin, Pa. But last week, bundled in long underwear and layers of sweaters, coats and scarves, Dolores trudged up and down in biting winds and swirling snow before her employer's shabby office bearing a defiant placard: "On Strike." Her complaint was that the union would not let her keep her job if she married a construction worker named Victor Bosnak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Right to Marry | 12/3/1956 | See Source »

...World Series ("I lean to the Dodgers, but my wife is a Yankee fan"). He pointedly omitted to invite Wisconsin's Senator Joe McCarthy to the speakers' stand at Milwaukee's Marquette University, not even mentioning his name. Along Nixon's way in Milwaukee a placard proclaimed: LOCK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENCY: High Type v. Tintype | 10/15/1956 | See Source »

...TIME. May 14), they were greeted at National Airport by a cheering, stomping crowd with band and banners. LOVE THAT LYNDON said one placard. Said another: THE U.S.A. NEEDS L.B.J. Old Sam Rayburn caused some quick sidelong glances when he said that "under our great and brilliant young leader we're going to march to higher victories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Kingmakers on the Make | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

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