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Word: adding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they carry countless "takes" of editorial copy, distribute some 1,500 newspapers, hundreds of telegrams and messages every day; lug advertising plates to the printer, contracts to the lawyer, pick up photographs at the Customs House, turn on the air conditioning, sharpen pencils, turn off the air conditioning, ad infinitum. One office boy does nothing but track down lost people (somebody's office in TIME gets moved every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 7, 1946 | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

Moriarty and nine other G.I.s of the Labor Supervision Office, where he works, put an ad in the local paper: "Ten American soldiers are willing to spend free time organizing club for German boys ages 10 to 17. No politics allowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Democracy at Work | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

Rooftree. In Honolulu, the Star-Bulletin ran a want ad: "Furnished roof for rent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 30, 1946 | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

...Hamilton F. Potter, Jr. '50, who has been deluged with wired offers from United Press, Advertising Age, etc., after the response of six lovelies to his want ad in the CRIMSON stating, "Jilted Freshman desires 120 lbs. of American womanhood," the fun ended last evening when he received a stultifying message from pater...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fun Ends for Potter When "Pop" Steps In | 9/25/1946 | See Source »

Those in the know are inclined to believe that among the people who read the ad were a Boston Globe reporter and photographer. Ideas popped; and shortly later, as Potter entered his room in Straus Hall to be greeted by the girls plus a section of the Globe staff, flash bulbs also popped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fun Ends for Potter When "Pop" Steps In | 9/25/1946 | See Source »

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