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Word: tiring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...little out-of-the-way shack where they all gather. One of the bandits in a pretty sadistic character who chases Sue and takes pot shots at the little baby. But the bad men finally are killed. And all in all, "Rawhide" is pretty good fun, although it may tire non-devotees of the horse opera...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: The Moviegoer | 6/12/1951 | See Source »

...Government has now begun to listen to the truckers' plea for materials with a more sympathetic ear, has started to funnel more scarce materials away from light trucks to heavy truck & trailer makers. (By diverting rubber from civilian tires, rubbermen increased truck-tire output last month to 360,000 from 317,000 in March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Trailer King | 5/21/1951 | See Source »

Gentlemen's Agreement. In Salt Lake City, cops hurried to the scene of a traffic accident, found only tire skid marks, broken glass and a note: "Everything settled satisfactorily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 21, 1951 | 5/21/1951 | See Source »

Motorists felt the first pinch of the rubber shortage last week. The National Production Authority ordered that all new automobiles be delivered without a spare tire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Nothing to Spare | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

Automakers thought the order made no sense. They insisted that the U.S. stockpile now has enough rubber, and that increasing synthetic production plus the cut in auto production will soon end the shortage. Furthermore, though automakers will cut prices $13 to $17 to compensate for the missing tire, there is no way to force retailers to pass on the saving to buyers. And since motorists hate to drive without a spare tire, new-car buyers will have to purchase their own extra tire-at almost twice (from $24 to $30) the price of a spare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Nothing to Spare | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

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