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...Findings: polar ice is generally about 12 ft. thick, although some ridges bulged down 50 ft. or more. Crew comforts were also measuring up: the sub's crew was treated to more than 30 movies, e.g., Katharine Hepburn in Desk Set, and cribbage, chess and acey-deucey tournaments were under way as the Nautilus headed toward history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: A Voyage of Importance | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

...Dillon once received a $10,000 fee for getting a Capone henchman paroled. Mississippi Congressman John B. Williams, on the floor of the House, angrily referred to Dillon as "a rascal, an underworld character, a fixer, an influence peddler." Another of Hood's Washington "contact men" is Acey Carraway, former financial director of the Democratic National Committee, to whom Hood says he still pays $500 a month for "anything he can do" to help Hood's lumber business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSISSIPPI: Jobs for a Price | 4/23/1951 | See Source »

...seaman said, and it was hopeless to try to get them out. The telephones were still working. Somebody called down: "Do you know what kinda fix you're in?" "Sure," they called back: "We know you can't get us out, but we got a helluva good acey-deucey game goin' down here right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Fightingest Ship | 9/28/1942 | See Source »

...Acey-Deucy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 26, 1930 | 5/26/1930 | See Source »

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