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Word: stops (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Stop & Look. Near Lisco, Neb., Benny Ovido stopped his car on a railroad crossing to make certain the tracks were clear, jumped free just before the car was demolished by a train...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 17, 1949 | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

Spot Landing. In San Pedro, Calif., police arrested Jesus Diaz, who had smashed into three police cars, caromed off into a fourth, come to a stop in front of the police station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 17, 1949 | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

...Prosperous New Year-like hell! Instructions in the Russian army manual are not to mix with us except when essential to fulfill their missions. These days we aren't trying to help the Russians fulfill their missions." Howley promptly ordered all fraternizing with Russians in Berlin to stop, forthwith. Cried he: "None of my men are going to play footsie-wootsie with the Russians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: No Footsie-Wootsie | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

...stop classifying men as A-1 or A-10 (available for immediate induction and conscientious objectors, respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hershey Freezes Draft; Ends Two Year Enlistment | 1/14/1949 | See Source »

Bill Barclay, obviously a devotee of the free substitution rule, tried 14 different combinations last night, but none of them was able to stop Princeton, which won a 51 to 46 basketball game at the Garden. In the preliminary Holy Cross edged Loyola...

Author: By Robert Carswell, | Title: Hockey Team Takes On B.C. Here Tonight; Basketball Squad Loses to Princeton, 51-46 | 1/12/1949 | See Source »

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