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Word: wallet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...July 6), the battle to extend the excess profits tax for six months was won. Last week Ways & Means sent an extension bill to the floor. During the five-hour debate, Virginia's Democrat Howard Smith compared the Administration to a highwayman who says: "Now give me your wallet. I know I ought not to do it . . . but I need the money, and I give you my solemn assurance ... I will never do it to you again." Smith's sally drew laughs, including a hearty peal from Dan Reed. But when the vote came, it was an overwhelming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Ike Gets His Way | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

Sinner in Our Midst. In Fort Worth, while the Rev. Arizona Brisco, assistant pastor of the Rising Star Baptist Church, was waist-deep in the crowded baptismal pool, a thief made off with his trousers, wallet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 29, 1953 | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

Capacity to Pay. In Davenport, Iowa, when Displaced Person Ignauy Stachal told police that he was broke and needed a place to sleep, he got a cell in the municipal jail, was politely ushered out next morning when the cops found $1,023 in his wallet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 29, 1953 | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

Professional Advice. In Sacramento, a stranger joined Robert L. Bowen in a bar, warned him against carrying his wallet in his hip pocket, demonstrated how easily it could be stolen, a few drinks later, disappeared with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 18, 1953 | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

When jaded appetite and flat wallet demand food that is at once exotic and inexpensive, the answer is Chinatown. From plush oriental trappings, reminiscent of a tong-war movie, to a chrome and linoleum decor, Chinese restaurants provide all setting for your meal. Prices are standard, staggered between $1.50 and two dollars, and the menus vary little between the different places...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: Sauce for the Coolie | 5/7/1953 | See Source »

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