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Word: rolles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soon the money began to roll in. Meyers recommended the firm to Bell Aircraft, as being owned by "some friends"; Bell farmed out some minor jobs to Aviation Electric. The first was for fuse boxes. Lamarre figured that they could be profitably made for $11 each. Meyers upped that to $44.58 each, and got it. In five years, Aviation Electric collected $1,053,000 from the Bell account (and about $375,000 from others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Rotten Apple | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

...Hickok died over is politely translated from the colloquial as "Upset the adjacent player's plans." Seven cards are distributed to the participants, and they pass around three, pick up another three, and discard two. One expert abandoned this delightful game when he found the others passing his money roll around...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

...goals were just one too many twice for the brace of soccer teams which mot Yale Friday afternoon, as both Varsity and Freshmen went down to defeat 2 to 1. Both Crimson outfits were battling to preserve excellent records as well as roll over their biggest opponent, with Coach MacDonald's men defending their best slate in nine years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvees, Freshmen Nudge Over Eli; Booter Outfits Held to Slim Defeat | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

...full-fledged international war, but neither does it want peace. In the phrase of a top British diplomat, it wants a "twilight zone" between peace and war. Quite satisfactory twilights have been produced in Greece and China. It is time, in Moscow's eyes, for twilight to roll westward, along the course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: Twilight | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

Cervantes IV Centennial Series will roll into its fifth week of lectures and discussion today and Thursday, when audiences in the Institute of Geographical Exploration hear speeches on the immortal creator of Don Quixote by Lienhard Bergel of Queens College and novelist Ralph Bates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bergel, Bates to Revive Cervantes Today, Thursday | 11/18/1947 | See Source »

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