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Word: tractored (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Invasion, U.S.A. (Albert Zugsmith-Robert Smith; Columbia) is a shoddy little shocker that combines a futuristic theme with old-hat moviemaking. A quintet of characters in a Manhattan bar hears the news that the U.S.S.R. is atom-bombing the United States. In the ensuing carnage, the quintet-a tractor manufacturer (Robert Bice), a rancher (Erik Blythe), a Congressman (Wade Crosby) a TV reporter (Gerald Mohr) and a beautiful blonde (Peggie Castle)-are killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

Blow-Prone. In Birmingham, Caretaker Clifton Truss, who in eight months had been twice conked by a tractor, twice bludgeoned by prowlers, was fired by the park & recreation board because of his "affinity for being hit on the head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 2, 1953 | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

...Birthday Tractor. To celebrate its 50th birthday, Ford unwrapped a new tractor, its first model change since 1947. Five in. longer and 150 Ibs. heavier, the tractor has a new four-cylinder, overhead-valve engine (20% more powerful) and a redesigned hydraulic system, for plows and other attachments, which can lift loads of 1,000 Ibs. (up from 750 Ibs.). Price: $1,474 f.o.b. Highland Park, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jan. 12, 1953 | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

There was one tractor for every six farms, and now there is almost one for every farm; one house then for every 4.1 Americans, as against one for every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: New Measurements | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

Girl (letting her tractor stand idle for a moment): How wonderful it is to work on such a beautiful night under the full moon and do one's utmost to save petrol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Ivan's Other Wife | 10/27/1952 | See Source »

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