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Word: polonia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wolbach presented the first accurate description of the etiological agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in 1919 and described its clinical symptoms and pathology. He received the Order of the Commander. Polonia Restituta, from Poland for his studies on typhus as a member of the Commission to Poland from the Red Cross...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hospital Endows Chair In Memory of Wolbach | 7/18/1957 | See Source »

...tavern on the West Side made it possible for fans to stay in Chicago. Customer Syl Szajers, a technician at Zenith Radio, moved a converted TV set of his own design into the Polonia Grove bar. He rigged up a 40-foot mast on the tavern roof, perched a five-element antenna atop it, and pointed it in the direction of Milwaukee. A homemade booster amplifier brought in the signal and the Polonia's customers watched happily as Robinson knocked out his opponent. Said Szajers modestly: "Oh, the picture was a little shaky-but so was Rocky Graziano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Fight Night | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

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