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Word: sanborn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...caught the atomic fever, began figuring on their share of atomic prosperity. The mayor of Pocatello (pop. 30,000) expansively predicted a population of 100,000 in three years. A poolroom owner refused $70,000 for his place ("That's when two fools met," commented Idaho Congressman John Sanborn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IDAHO: The Atom Comes to Town | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

Break, Break, Break. In Saginaw Bay, Mich., John Sanborn, out for some ice fishing, stood by helplessly as 1) his car fell through the ice; 2) a wrecker sent to the rescue fell through the ice; 3) a curious pilot landed his plane, which fell through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 9, 1948 | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

...television film studio. Last week Bergen had several finished films ready for eventual airing, featuring two gabby plastic hens and a rooster, known as Bergen's Telekins (see cut). But Charlie McCarthy will continue to be heard & not seen: "He's not at liberty. When Chase & Sanborn go television, then Charlie will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Television News | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

...delightfully with Bobby Clark. Even the W. C. Fields routine with McCarthy pales next to Clark's classic buffoonery. Each wheeze is on hand--"you fugitive from a picket fence," "you animated clothespin," "you talking totem pole"--but crisp as toast before that long-term contract with Chase and Sanborn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/22/1947 | See Source »

...with economic health. The winter sun shone brightly on streets jammed with new automobiles, on the white stone and plate glass of tall buildings; it gave life and movement to the lavishly plumed hats of the well-dressed wives of the prosperous on their way to tea at Sanborn's. But the scene was deceptive. The new President knew it, would have to face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Dance of the Millions | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

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