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Word: tab (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conservative Sandakan, the social pyramid was still intact, with 25,000 Chinese, Malays, Indians and natives at the base, 80 Europeans at the top. The only revolutionary the Keiths had to keep tab on was little Georgie Keith, 7. To Mrs. Keith's dismay, he began spouting pidgin English: "Aw, Ma, dey all spik like dat!" "But that's not English you are talking. You must stop." "O.K., Mum. I no talk like dat any more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Back to Borneo | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

Manhattan's official greeter Grover Whalen turned in expense accounts for two recent civic receptions. The tab for General Douglas MacArthur's welcome came to $23,467; the one for Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Paths of Glory | 7/30/1951 | See Source »

...satellites who did appear did well. Hungary finished third (after Italy and Germany), and Poland's Zygmunt Chychla won the welterweight crown. The biggest loser was Tourney Director Eduardo Mazzia, who hadn't known the Russians were only shadow boxing. He had to pick up the hotel tab for the 28 boxers and trainers who had stayed in Minsk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Shadow Boxing | 5/28/1951 | See Source »

...further discussion and field trips. They were joined by teen-age girls who wanted to become missionaries, church secretaries, Sunday school teachers or social workers. In all, the experiment netted 350 who were interested enough in church vocations to ask for more information. Insuranceman Gallahue picked up the tab for the whole affair: about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Seed in Indiana | 4/16/1951 | See Source »

...worth of members' restaurant and hotel bills from 330 U.S. establishments. Last week, as the Diners' Club got ready to celebrate its first birthday, it enlarged its service. Club members, who can already charge food, drink, rented cars and hotel rooms, can now put flowers on the tab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Charge It, Please | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

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