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Word: switchman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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...Editor William Allen White last week suggested an "interesting game." He offered a book prize for the best list of ten Emporians most likely to be hanged to Commercial Street lampposts should Nazis capture the town. First entries came from an electrical-appliance dealer and a Santa Fe railway switchman. Like Abou ben Adhem, Editor White headed their lists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Catholic Editors & the War | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

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