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Word: roach (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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When he started working here as a youngster back in 1898 in Roach Hall, at that time a mineralogy building, he didn't expect to stay around long, but lie's been here 44 years now and he's still as pompous as Snowball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 44 Years as College Janitor, Herbert Knew Lowell, Eliot | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

...last the truth came out. The kitchen helper seeking the powdered milk had dim-wittedly come back from the wrong storeroom with seven pounds of sodium fluoride roach powder, with which hurried, overworked Cook McKillop had scrambled the eggs. At week's end McKillop and his boss, Mary O'Hare, were booked on charges of involuntary manslaughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death by Fluoride | 11/30/1942 | See Source »

...Freshman side of the line, Charlie Tarbell, Bob Roach, and Karle Rohde did most of the ball-carrying and passing. Of this trio, all of whom ripped off occasional long gains, Tarbell was the most impressive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Unexpected Talent Discovered as Jayvees, Freshmen Hold Scrimmage | 10/3/1942 | See Source »

Married. Cineproducer Hal Roach, 50, originator of "Our Gang" comedies, now a major in the Army, and Miss Lucille Prin, 29, former ASCAP secretary; at Dayton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 7, 1942 | 9/7/1942 | See Source »

Veteran Hollywood Producer Hal Roach was ordered to active duty as a major in the photographic division of the U.S. Army Signal Corps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: PEOPLE | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

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