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Word: quarter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...prosperity. As business improved she shifted from the tacky Fedora Street neighborhood to plushier headquarters on Hollywood's Sunset Strip, later moved on to swanky Harold Way. Some of Hollywood's shiniest names became her steady customers. Brenda felt so secure that she even took a quarter-page ad in a film directory published by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; it was a nice refined ad -just a couple of pictures of her, her name and phone number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Brenda's Revenge | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

...winning form. In the $50,000-added Brooklyn Handicap at Aqueduct, the six-year-old, clubfooted chocolate stallion looked good as new as he won over Vulcan's Forge in 2:02 4/5, only three-fifths of a second off. the stake record for a mile and a quarter. quarter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Comeback No. 2 | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

...When the reports on first-quarter were in, the outstanding fact that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President and Politics | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

...Many companies showed profits even higher than in 1948's fat first quarter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President and Politics | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

...companies like General Electric showed a sharp decline over the previous quarter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President and Politics | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

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