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Word: roam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...down the American servicemen in their country. Having spent four years in the U.S. Navy, I have seen broken and ruined furniture in some of the finest hotels in Europe, all left behind by G.Ls. As a lot they are a group of vulgar-mouthed, bragging, drunken apes who roam the streets of foreign countries seeking someone to insult or something to destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 6, 1956 | 8/6/1956 | See Source »

Sign of the Era. When Juliette was 15 the Germans deported her divorced mother and her sister to a labor camp. Left to roam the streets, Juliette fell in with a band of homeless youngsters, learned to steal by day and sleep in doorways by night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Wild One | 7/16/1956 | See Source »

...bill itself was as full of leaks as a wicker basket. Not to go into effect for a year, it provides only mild penalties-six months in jail or a maximum $27 fine -for "soliciting openly in public ... or embracing or seizing a prospective partner." On procurers, who roam the Japanese countryside offering poverty-stricken farmers cash loans in return for the indentured services of their daughters, penalties were tougher: up to three years in prison or a maximum $277 fine.*Toughest of all are the penalties on bordello mama-sans (madams): up to ten years in jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Brothels Must Go | 6/4/1956 | See Source »

Keith Costa, at center, leads the out-field with speed and an ability to roam far after fly balls. A fair power hitter, he sparked the rally in the M.I.T. game. Lee McTurnan in left can also play in the infield. Slovin and Peter Rayel, two fair long ball hitters, make up the rest of the outfield squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '59 Baseball Needs Hitters | 4/20/1956 | See Source »

...forget, wherever we may roam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Odyssey of Mack the Knife | 2/13/1956 | See Source »

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