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Word: tanked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...auto racer himself, Moore selects his drivers more carefully than a horse trainer selects a jockey. His pit technique is unbeatable. During Holland's one pit stop last week, two front tires were changed and 15 gallons of fuel blown into the tank from pressurized drums in 52 seconds. That was good enough, but it did not equal Moore's own record of 49 seconds for a major pit stop of a winning car, established eight years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Motor Monopoly | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

...Tank Orgy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chalres River Bath May Cost $20 | 6/7/1949 | See Source »

...College, students found other ways to keep cool during the sticky spell. Over 100 Adams residents splashed in the House pool Sunday, while the Indoor Athletic Building tank remained closed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chalres River Bath May Cost $20 | 6/7/1949 | See Source »

...foods, jumped six times in one day; then the fish all but vanished from the market. By night the incandescent white light of star shells blossomed periodically in the skies around Shanghai. Tracer shells splashed lines of red along the horizon. One shell hit a Standard Vacuum Oil Co. tank near the Whangpoo and 2,000 tons of gasoline went up with a whoosh, burned for 24 hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Defend the Graveyard | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

Landers had stripped all the frills and doodads from its de luxe tank-type cleaner to get a cheaper one on the market. Example: the light that flashed when the tank needed emptying was eliminated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: Stripping for Action | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

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