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Word: rolls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...roll call vote, every councillor except Lynch voted against the order...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Council Kills Lynch's Bill for I.S.A. Red Inquiry | 12/19/1950 | See Source »

Valentine unfolded a newspaper and read from it. It said that his office has authority not only to fix prices but to roll them back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOBILIZATION: he Menacing Look | 12/18/1950 | See Source »

...worthwhile items as the Negro sermon (with accompanying chanting) Dry Bones; the wordless wonders of Dark Was the Night, intoned by "spiritual" singer Blind Willie Johnson; Black Snake Moan, moaned by Blind Lemon Jefferson (Lead Belly's teacher); performances by such favorites as Bessie Smith, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Jimmy Yancey and Louis Armstrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

...Navy defensemen swarmed over the receivers; before the afternoon was over they reached up and snatched three passes out of the confident reach of Army Left End Dan Foldberg, team captain and All-American (see below). The Navy offense, led by Quarterback Robert ("Zug") Zastrow, began to roll up first downs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Annapolis Story | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

...Roll, appointed Chairman of the Economic Survey Mission sent to the Philippines last summer by President Triman, remarked the serious condition of the Philippines government and its need for financial reform before receiving any more America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bell to Talk Today At Business School | 12/9/1950 | See Source »

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