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Word: pressinger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

Mrs. Lois Harris, 22, leaned back luxuriously in her bed, which can be raised or lowered for comfort simply by pressing a button, and declared: "This is really living. Modern homes have nothing on this." Her roommate, Mrs. Helen Sigmund, 26, agreed. Tired for the moment of looking through the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Push-Button Hospital | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

Men of Good Will. Having set the machinery in motion, the powerful U.S. passed on to more pressing world problems. Little study was given to the nature of the Indonesians, their 200 different languages and many religions. No one took heed of the fact that of the islands' 75...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: Children of the East | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

Jimmy went home to New Jersey, raised some cash, bought revolving tubs and pressing machines, and took a two-day course in how to run them. Soon he offered Port-au-Prince its first nettoyage à sec. After the predictable number of mangled sleeves and missing buttons, Jimmy's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAITI: The Dry-Cleaning Knight | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

After that, despite continued Crimson pressing, the Elis managed to build up an insuperable lead.

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: Yale Lacrosse Team Wins 11-7 Over An Underdog Crimson Ten Saturday | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

Coach Bruce Munro's men played a fast, hard game, with everyone hustling and everyone doing his job. They were still pressing at the end, although Yale's manpower advantage had decided the contest by the fourth period.

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: Yale Lacrosse Team Wins 11-7 Over An Underdog Crimson Ten Saturday | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

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