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Word: rohrer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...throw him out. Chet dislikes them just as much. Says he: "Rotary ruins little towns like this. Gives them big-town ideas. Commerce! Progress! Whenever there's progress, somebody loses." Most of his characters come from the pinochle-playing crowd that hangs out in the back room of Rohrer's cigar store-the town jeweler, the justice of the peace, the town's fat man. They have long since learned to make a pretense of ignoring their Boswell, and to continue behaving conscientiously like Chet Shafer characters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Bumpkins' Biographer | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

...Kindergartner Isabelle Rohrer, 26, became an airplane stewardess, was replaced by Marjorie Zickafoose, 19 (no experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Hawkeye View | 11/1/1943 | See Source »

Daughaday decision Stephenson of Penn and Rohrer of Penn State, storming his way into the final round. Other Crimson entrants did not fare so well, however, as highly rated Ted Schoenberg dropped an overtime decision to Princeton's Captain Harding in the 121 pound class and 135 pounder Bruce Richardson dropped a verdict to Hick of Syracuse in the overtime period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DAUGHADAY WINS WAY INTO EASTERN FINALS | 3/9/1940 | See Source »

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