Word: buys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Drys (many of whom fasted and prayed for victory at the polls) were fiercely proud of living in a prohibition state.* So, naturally, were the bootleggers. And many an Oklahoma drinker liked prohibition too-there was plenty of good liquor, prices were reasonable, and instead of going out to buy a bottle he could have one delivered promptly to his door. Last week, by a margin of 55,400 votes, Oklahomans of all persuasions decided once more that prohibition was just too good to give...
...citizens watched the procession, occasionally set off firecrackers. Carefully coached schoolchildren shouted "Jawaharlal Nehru Zindabad!" (Long live Jawaharlal Nehru) and "Sher-i-Kashmirl" (Long live the Lion of Kashmir-Sheikh Abdullah). Merchants took advantage of a good opportunity, strung their rugs from house windows for all to see and buy; some erected huge banners across the river, with slogans like "Welcome from Ali Mohamed-best Persian and Kashmiri carpets...
...period in 1948. Then the Times got to worrying about Montana. It ran Callahan's "What's the matter with Montana?" ad again, in its own pages and in Women's Wear Daily, and added a note: there was nothing the matter with Montana, because "Montanans buy 1,111 copies of the New York Times...
...chambers in the neighborhood." Not all the views were unobstructed, however. A local farmer moved a barn onto his place just south of Massachusetts Avenue, neatly eclipsing the top of Blue Hill, which the observatory was using for a transit sight. The University finally had to buy a right of way in the roof and chop a hole through it to maintain the sight...
Students owning ears in the Cambridge area might just as well sell their jalopies and buy unicycles. Unicycles don't need much parking space at night. Cars do. And in a week the Cambridge police force starts its annual campaign against overnight parking. Carowners have that long to sign up with the high-priced garages and parking lots around the Square; then the men in blue uniforms move in to tag the remaining cars and have them towed away...