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Word: slips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ford asked for and received a concession of between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 acres in Para, in the Amazon Valley, a black jungle along the Tapajos River, that crawls all the way from the River of Doubt to the Xingu River. Soon boa constrictors will slip down into the jungle centres; monkeys will set up a great chattering. Black Indians armed with heavy blades will slash down their one-time haunts to make way for future windshield wipers, floor mats, balloon tires. If Mr. Ford's plantation progresses in Brazil as Mr. Firestone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Ford Rubber | 10/24/1927 | See Source »

...give me just a few more details please: you see it's rather hard to locate on account of there being no regular repair slip...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: THE CRIME | 10/15/1927 | See Source »

...repair slip when you left the machine...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: THE CRIME | 10/15/1927 | See Source »

...made up, with figures 1, 2, 3, 4, added. Then at the time of delivery, and before the umbilical cord is cut, one string is put around the mother's neck, the duplicate (or duplicates) around the baby's (or babies'). Such bead strings cannot slip over the baby's head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: In Cleveland | 9/26/1927 | See Source »

Precedent. In 1915, having completed a pro tempore term as president of the Massachusetts Senate, Calvin Coolidge abruptly handed a slip of paper to his good friend, Frank W. Stearns, of Boston. _ The slip read: "I am a candidate for Lieutenant Governor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Shock | 8/15/1927 | See Source »

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