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Word: webbs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Petersburg, Fla., slight, dapper James Earl Webb, 49, operates what he calls "the world's most unusual drugstore." Unlike most independent druggists, he never felt that he needed the protection of "fair-trade" (i.e., minimum-price) laws to protect him from the competition of big chain stores. Instead, he went out after customers with such unorthodox loss-leader promotions as selling two thousand $1 bills for 95? apiece. By selling everything from meat and liquor to haircuts and ladies' ready-to-wear, he boosted the annual gross of his hustle-bustling "Webb's City" from a first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right to Sell | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

Either Spider Webb or Duke Simonds will be the starting pitcher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Nine Throws Revamped Team Against Dummer | 4/16/1949 | See Source »

Simonds or Webb...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Nine Throws Revamped Team Against Dummer | 4/16/1949 | See Source »

Outfielder Nat Harris and pitchers "Spider" Webb and John Simonds may very well see action this afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Nine Opens Against MIT | 4/13/1949 | See Source »

...British embassy managed a stag dinner for Ernie Bevin with Secretary Acheson and Senators Tom Connally and Arthur Vandenberg. Acheson also dined at the French embassy, but other hosts had to be content with lesser functionaries such as Under Secretary Webb (the Italian embassy) and Counselor "Chip" Bohlen (The Netherlands). The Scandinavians entertained each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hay & Chilled Wines | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

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