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Word: wagoner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bend of the River is a case in point. James Stewart is a fearless but good-humored hero who defeats insurmountable difficulties. Arthur Kennedy is as black a villain as there ever was, and Julia Adams is a fine heroine. The story brings in wagon trains, a gold-rush, slick gamblers, and even a Mississippi paddle-wheeler...

Author: By S. B. P., | Title: Bend of the River | 3/14/1952 | See Source »

Soon, however, police stated that some freshmen heaved snowballs at passing automobiles and threw snow on the streets. Police dispatched three patrol car a and a police wagon following a telephone complaint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Arrest Four Yardlings in After-Smoker Fracas at Radcliffe | 3/11/1952 | See Source »

...freshman engaged in a souffle with police at the Shepherd Street entrance to the Quadrangle. Police seized bursars cards from some students and then piled the students into the patrol wagon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Arrest Four Yardlings in After-Smoker Fracas at Radcliffe | 3/11/1952 | See Source »

...Cambridge City Council climbed aboard the band wagon yesterday by unanimously passing a resolution honoring Captain Kurt Carlsen for his bravery aboard the "Flying Enterprise." Meanwhile, members of a university Anti-Carlsen Club registered shock at the Council's action...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council's Praise of Carlsen Incurs Local Group's Violent Opposition | 2/5/1952 | See Source »

...done most of the testing of 2,4,5-T is Texas State Agronomist Charles Fisher. Back in 1938, Texas agriculture officials gave Fisher his assignment: learn how to kill mesquite. "They gave me $300, a team of mules, a wagon and a hand to help me one day a week," said Fisher. "We went through everything. At the start it was the old hand grubbing. That just cost too much. Then we tried coal oil. That worked fine, but it still cost too much. Then heavy-gear machinery and bulldozers. They cost too much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Mesquite War | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

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