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Word: wagon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...entered the church, in the basement found seven young strikers who started defending themselves with homemade clubs. They were overpowered and led, bleeding and beaten, to the Black Maria. All night long, more & more strikers, picked up in their homes and on the streets, were loaded into the patrol wagon and taken to jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Aux Barricades! | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...coyote once drove the feeding ducks across a lake, and when the ducks ventured close to the farther shore, they were pounced upon by a teammate hidden in the underbrush. Coyotes will hide in a herd of cattle to destroy their scent, or even take refuge in a wagon or a moving flatcar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Part of the Life | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

Winning pitcher Jim Gabler allowed Dudley only one extra-base hit, a triple by Herb Lewis. Ed Smith, Miller Higgins, and Fred Wagon rapped out doubles for Kirkland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deacon Nine Tops Commuters, 10-2 | 5/11/1949 | See Source »

This is the third in a series of four articles on Harvard's scientists and what they are doing. It covers the Geology and Astronomy Departments. system; meters, comets, and dust. A caravan of trucks--"Whipple's Wagon Train"--is now touring the Southwest, snapping pictures of meteors every night to discover their evolution and habits...

Author: By John J. Sack, | Title: Scientists Take Temperatures of Sun's Corona, Yellowstone's Geysers | 5/11/1949 | See Source »

More bullets riddled the station wagon. General Jalandoni threw himself in front of Mrs. Quezon and drew his revolver. A rifle butt slammed into his cheek, he fell unconscious. Before the police escort riding behind could open fire effectively, the attackers had seized what valuables they could and melted into the green hills. Soon afterward, General Jalandoni came to. About him were twelve dead, including the Philippines' first lady, her daughter, and her son-in-law, whose pregnant wife had stayed at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Murder in the Mountains | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

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