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Word: shell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been lost, Chrysler employees had lost more than $72 million, an average of $809 a man. Chrysler had lost the profits on almost 500,000 autos that were never made. And Chrysler dealers had lost an average of almost $18,500 per man in Walter Reuther's shell game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Shell Game | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

Princeton and Rutgers are distinctly less formidable threats in the race though observers at Princeton claim their shell has enough good raw material to turn in some finished performances this season. A traditional rival such as Harvard, holder of the Compton Cup uninterruptedly since 1937, could bring this potential to the surface...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: Crews Row in Compton Cup Races at Princeton | 4/29/1950 | See Source »

There will be no change in the varsity boating today, if for no other reason than that Bolles didn't have enough practice time last week to try new combinations. In the J.V. shell, however, Harrison Blair will row at six oar instead of Charlie Osborne, who wrenched his shoulder in practice early last week...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: Crews Row in Compton Cup Races at Princeton | 4/29/1950 | See Source »

...second try he made a good landing, got a loud cheer from waiting ground crewmen and the emergency squad. An ex-R.A.F. pilot looked at the holes in the ship's sides and said: "Not many came back that way during the war. A 4.5-inch shell couldn't have done worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AIR AGE: A Pale, Blue Flash | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

Like its elders, Tech's J.V. grabbed an early lead. But the Crimson shell, which stroke Art Rouner never forced over 31 until the very last yards, caught up at the three-quarter mark and moved steadily ahead. M.I.T.'s and BU's times were 10:22.8 and 10:29.6 respectively...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: Varsity, Jayvee Crews Beat Tech, Boston U. | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

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