Word: sprees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...merchants, who always expect a letdown in business after the Christmas rush, blinked their eyes in amazement. The stores were jammed last week with customers engaged in the biggest buying spree since July. Department-store sales soared 39% over the same week a year...
...Garvin started the Commuters' scoring spree early in the first period by runing a pass 15 yards for a touchdown. Soon after, Nick Mulcahy intercepted the first Leverett pass and scored...
...Princetonian listed six freshmen who were subsequently treated for injuries. Other class spirit activities described by the Princetonian this fall included the shaving of the heads of five freshmen, a series of thefts involving a hired airplane and the clapper to the Nassau hall bell, and the annual Cane Spree, which promptly initiated another riot...
...Princeton, N.J., Princeton, pick of the Ivy League Big Three, over Williams, 66-0, in the Tigers' biggest scoring spree in 16 years...
...daughter, confined in a state institution for drug addiction but soon to be released, would promptly get a fresh supply. In Chicago, a man reported to the FDA office that he had found his wife drugged with products bought from the Fair Price Drug Co. (on a previous drug spree she had landed in jail). There were similar complaints from smaller cities, e.g., in North Platte, Neb. (pop. 12,429) four druggists had illegally sold barbiturates, sulfas and abortion drugs. These firms and others were convicted...