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Word: coca (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...brief (1935 to 1937) movie career, in which she was not a great success, she sang arias 50 times running without a murmur of complaint. Lily Pons hates champagne, drinks little wine, likes Coca-Cola, touches hard liquor and cigarets not at all. She still feels faintly seasick all day before a concert or opera performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: TRILLER IN UNIFORM | 12/30/1940 | See Source »

Into a Rotary luncheon in Atlanta bounced Businessman James Aloysius Farley, chairman of Coca-Cola Export, piped: "I'm no longer selling stamps or looking for votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 30, 1940 | 12/30/1940 | See Source »

...Stamm '28, Instructor in German, will be minus 90 cents worth of Coca-Colas and his academic dignity tomorrow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 18 STUDENTS OUTWIT TEACHER; WILL GET LIQUID REFRESHMENT | 12/20/1940 | See Source »

...Vermouth is the Coca-Cola of the Argentines, who consume more vermouth each year than the entire U. S. But U. S. consumption has been going up, last year reached an all-time high of 1,650,000 gallons-90% imported from France and Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Blockade Benison | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

...imitations, somersaults and gags that should go on for hours. His side-kick, Phil Baker, whether by his own choice or not, is unfortunately relegated to a back seat and the audience gets little chance to enjoy his tongue. Of the skits, "Morning After a Faun" with Imogene Coca and William Archibald, and Red Marshall's gymnastics in "Red Rails In the Sunset" keep the aisles well filled...

Author: By I. L., | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 11/29/1940 | See Source »

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