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Word: snackbar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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...local merchants. Taking a break, he eats a candy bar or sips a Coke which the PX has bought in the province. After hours, he catches a local bus, takes his local girl to a local movie, and buys her coffee and doughnuts or beer at a local snackbar or tavern. Housing, feeding and entertaining American G.I.s has become Newfoundland's fourth largest industry-after fisheries, forestry and mining-with an annual income well over $10 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Fourth Industry | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

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