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Word: belch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...light and virile. All these things, predicted from a reading of the east, come true. Nevertheless, the show is entertaining. Chuck Connors, a saloonkeeper, wallows about in a sea of beer and oaths, delivering beautiful blows to the jaws of his enemies, and, at one point, emitting a belch which is a classic. He is flashy and rude, with diamond horseshoes and checkered suits; he is not always convincing, but he is always amusing. George Raft shows us Steve Brodie, the Bowery's most famous character, in all the glamour and belligerency of his mad career. When he and Chuck...

Author: By S. H. W., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/10/1933 | See Source »

...must stay and look after the camera. Faster & faster the bag dropped until a ground wind caught it, dragged it across the town of Valley Stream. As Bonette & camera dropped safely upon the roof of a lumberyard, the bag fouled a telephone pole, spilling out such an enormous belch of black smoke that scared villagers thought the town was afire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Hot Aeronauts | 5/29/1933 | See Source »

...this transformation from dollar economy to energy economy is to come about, Howard Scott never explains. Says he at times: "Technocracy proposes no solution." At other times he silences questions with a pontifical belch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Technocrat | 12/26/1932 | See Source »

Throughout the week Professor Malvoz and other scientists enjoying the confidence of Queen Elisabeth pursued their investigation. Throughout the world, industrialists owning factories from which smoke and gases belch watched anxiously to see whether Her Majesty's investigators would conclude that the "poison fog" which took so many Belgian lives was poisoned by the factories of the Meuse valley. Seldom before in recent history has a Queen so embarrassed the Cabinet of her husband's realm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: Suspicious Queen Elisabeth | 12/22/1930 | See Source »

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