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Word: sevened (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that fortuitous moment, Cameron met lissome, brunette Helen Maria Alvarez, 27, who in seven years at Tulsa's radio station KTUL had progressed from secretary to radio-time saleswoman. He soon persuaded Helen Alvarez to quit her job and become president of a new Cameron project-Tulsa's first television station, KOTV...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Helen of Tulsa | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

When the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Co. decided to build the Caribe, it sent out letters to seven U.S. hotel owners asking them if they were interested in coming to Puerto Rico. Only Connie Hilton had the graciousness to start off his reply in Spanish: "Mi estimado amigo." His esteemed friends in Puerto Rico were so overwhelmed by this friendly tone-and by the Hilton name-that they decided to build the $6,500,000 hotel for Connie Hilton. The deal is a friendly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOTELS: The Key Man | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...Twenty-seven states and 24 colleges and universities were represented in the new list of Rhodes Scholars, with the Ivy League colleges dominating the list. There were 32 winners from the field of 412 competitors and 12 of the awards went to members of the Ivy League schools...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 3 Win Rhodes Awards, Will Go to Oxford | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...points, but he was handcuffed by a tight Navy defense in the first half. The Middies concentrated on close man-to-man guarding and their passing was fast and accurate they scored effectively from the outside. Two minutes from the start of the game they had picked up a seven point lead...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Navy Staves Off Late Rally, Edges Five, 70-68, at Garden | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...workman" started cutting the grass in the Eliot House courtyard at 8:15 a.m. setting up such a cacophony with his electric mower that further sleep was impossible. One week later at the very same hour, he was back with an electric leaf raker, with the same result. Seven days after that he was copping ice, not steadily and rhythmically so that one could get used to it, bur irregularly. Success in this third plot was so overwhelming that he came back the following week and REPEATED THE PERFORMANCE...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Black Hand | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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