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Word: takings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Double Take. In Phoenix, Ariz., the thieves who stole Mrs. Suretha Williams' "Dog For Sale" sign returned the next night and took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 24, 1949 | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

...power lobby had undoubtedly swayed some votes. Probably more were swayed by the facts summed up by Colorado's conservative Democrat Ed Johnson. His committee had given Olds a chance to take back the nasty things he wrote about capitalism 20 years before, but Olds, instead of repudiating his old wild-eyed opinions, had only admitted to phrasing them a little too strongly in order to "shock the American people" (TIME, Oct. 17). "Personally," boomed Johnson, "I regard Leland Olds as a warped, tyrannical, mischievous, egotistical chameleon whose predominant color is pink." Shortly thereafter, 58-year-old Leland Olds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: He Wouldn't Take It Back | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

...varsity football team is going to finish the season with a better than 500 record, the first thing it has to do is beat Dartmouth. And that will take a lot of doing, as the Indians are a 10-point favorite...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Dartmouth in Town Again for 53rd Meeting As Crimson Seeks First Win of 1949 Season | 10/22/1949 | See Source »

...Lewis played a fine game backing up the Crimson line and this forced Dartmouth to take to the air. The Indians' passing was far from adequate. Their most effective play was a delayed buck by the fullback...

Author: By Pete Taub, | Title: Jayvees Lick Green, 6-0, For first Football Victory | 10/22/1949 | See Source »

Feeling perhaps that altogether too many people were leaving the New Hampshire hills this weekend, the freshman football team is traveling north today to take on Exeter, at Exeter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Twice-Downed '53 Eleven Tackles Undefeated Exeter Squad Today | 10/22/1949 | See Source »

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