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Word: whittlers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...front of a losing team he wins so often that he more than earns his salary (about $60,000, including income from endorsements)-and incidentally disproves Indiana Humorist Kin Hubbard's snide crack: "Knowin' all about baseball is just about as profitable as bein' a good whittler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Whole Story of Pitching | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

...steadily, became secretary of the company in 1937. As a vice president in 1940, he conducted negotiations with the British that resulted in Todd building two new shipyards to build 60 ships, which were the forerunners of the U.S.'s own World War II Liberty ships. A dedicated whittler in leisure moments, Haag gets away from ships by whittling model trains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, Sep. 7, 1953 | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

...Waist-Whittler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Accessories Range From Original to Incredible | 3/20/1953 | See Source »

...Sumner Whittler, Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, polled 563,665, against Democratic incumbent Jeff Sullivan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Herter, Kennedy In Morning Surge Show New power | 11/5/1952 | See Source »

...proposed rate hikes were opposed by Senator Sumner G. Whittler on the grounds that residential customers would be forced to pay for the installation of coin machines in phones which they would never...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Phone Company Hints Rate Boost: May Charge Dime for Local Calls | 12/18/1951 | See Source »

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