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Word: shankses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Shanks' Mare. In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, during a week-long bus strike, a cobbler reported a 400% jump in business.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 5, 1947 | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

In 1853, W. Shanks, an Englishman of infinite patience and notable staying power, made his first bid for fame: he published the value of TT* carried from its normal 3.1416 to 530 decimal places. Several years later he pushed the frontier to 607, and in 1873 retired undefeated at 707...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Shcmks's Slip | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

Such being the case, who among us "shall cast the first stone?" E. CHAT. SHANKS

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Pearl Harbor Report | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

Selective Clientele. In Brooklyn, N.Y., S. Baron, ready for a vacation, wrote to a camp: "Please furnish information regard ing weekend facilities at your summer camp." The resort: the Army's Camp Shanks.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 25, 1945 | 6/25/1945 | See Source »

Sergeant Joe Louis, heavyweight boxing champion now doing physical fitness and morale work at Camp Shanks, N.Y., philosophized: the war has "got to do some good. ... If everybody come out of the war with one new friend like he never had before, that's a lot." Reminded of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Apr. 16, 1945 | 4/16/1945 | See Source »

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