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Word: wheel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sure everything was on the road back to normalcy. The headlines weren't any worse than they were in the thirties, and the same old gripers had the same old gripes. But the wheel of progress was moving faster and faster. Maybe Vag was out of tune with the times. Maybe everything would work out for the best in the end. But meanwhile there was so much to do and so little time to do it in. Let's not miss anything. Get in there and pitch, sonny, there's no telling when the game will be called on account...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 7/23/1946 | See Source »

...wheel of his car, rubbernecking, refighting the Civil War, Harry Truman had his wish of becoming a plain man again. Like other plain men, he was barred from a lookout tower on the field of Gettysburg by ropes and a sign: "Wet Paint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Plain Man at Gettysburg | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

...plethora of accents--most of which are aimed at Cockney and miss by wide margins--are a constant reminder that this is Summer Theatre. Dame May Whitty, for whom you will probably be looking, will be the little old lady in the wheel-chair, surrounded by the various people who make this pleasant, if not very provocative, pastime for a cool evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 7/2/1946 | See Source »

Snappy Answer. In Salt Lake City, Traffic Cop J. H. Simonsen asked a woman driver why she was veering all over the place, for reply was handed the snapped-off steering wheel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 1, 1946 | 7/1/1946 | See Source »

...G.O.P. completely. The total for Jenner: 1,994. With Democratic influence dissipated in the state, the nomination virtually assured Jenner a Senate seat. But Indiana Republicans almost forgot to talk about him, fell to speculating on what gruff, stocky Governor Gates might do when he got behind the wheel himself. Cried those who had breathed too heavily of exhaust fumes: "Gates for Vice President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Power to Burn | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

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