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Word: windshields (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Conclusion. In Jackson, Mich., police took a good look at the Leslie High School bus, pronounced it unfit for service: poor tires, defective brakes, loose front left wheel, loose steering mechanism, cracked windshield, no muffler, no emergency brake, no tail pipe, no horn, no first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 14, 1947 | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

...disheveled blonde with a set lip and calloused hands, and she was thumbing a ride in New Jersey's Palisades Park. Through his windshield, Patrolman Leonard Cottrell saw her soiled shirt, the dirty dungarees rolled to her knees, the cheap zipper bag she carried. He pulled to the curb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW JERSEY: So You Won't Talk, Huh? | 11/18/1946 | See Source »

Horse Power. In Morrison, Ill., Horsewoman Joan Potter was slightly bruised and her horse slightly cut in a collision with a bus, which suffered a broken windshield, two smashed headlights, a damaged steering gear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 5, 1946 | 8/5/1946 | See Source »

Reckoning. In Portland, Ore., Carl Peterson sent the city a $6.80 bill for repairs on his windshield wiper, thrice damaged by thumb-handed cops tucking parking tickets under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 17, 1946 | 6/17/1946 | See Source »

...metal Skysedan will have a top speed of more than 160 m.p.h., a cruising speed of 140. Its 165-horsepower Continental engine will carry it 620 miles on 40 gallons of gas. Special features: a "turret-top" cabin roof for better visibility, and windshield wipers, first ever installed on a light plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Cub's Big Brother | 6/3/1946 | See Source »

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