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Word: polese (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Empty Bank Vaults. The consequences to Western defense are immense and progressive ; they would be disastrous but for a relatively mild winter. But British families do without meat because there is not enough coal to swap for Argentine beef; French steel mills stand idle for lack of coal and coke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: Coal Is the Tyrant | 1/14/1952 | See Source »

Hutchinson Cowles (rhymes with poles).* Spokane was a town of only 16,000 in 1891 when Cowles, a onetime Chicago Tribune police reporter and son of the Trib's treasurer, at 24 became business manager of the wobbly 16-month-old Spokesman. He won readers with his good local...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Inland Empire's Voice | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

Automatic Men. Microwave networks cost less than $1,000 a mile to build, only half the cost of conventional telephone & telegraph lines. Maintenance costs are also low, since there are no poles and wires to blow down in storms. Western Union pulled itself out of the red largely through the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNICATIONS: The Mighty Waves | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

For several weeks Dr. Wallace stood up well under the sleeplessness and endless questioning. In February he cracked. Night after night he screamed, while prison guards prodded him with bamboo poles to silence him. He grew more & more irrational. One night, after screaming for about an hour, he became quiet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Dr. Wallace's Story | 12/31/1951 | See Source »

Houser heads a tentative eight-man team lineup, and Coach Graham Taylor, who is director of the Student Employment Office, calls him the outstanding man at downhill and slalom events--the latter being obstacle racing around poles. Tim Wise, who played varsity baseball last spring is the stand-out jumper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINING THEM UP | 12/19/1951 | See Source »

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