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Word: belle (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...March 1942 because Lübeck was a vital link on the Wehrmacht supply line to Russia. It was no part of the R.A.F. plan that the fire bombs rained down on Lübeck's beautiful 13th Century Marienkirche, but fire melted the church's great bell, gutted the interior. Repair crews got a surprise: whitewash had peeled from the walls, revealing patches of vividly colored frescoes beneath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Under the Whitewash | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

...Belvedere Rings the Bell (20th Century-Fox) keeps the Clifton Webb series alive, but only at the cost of sabotaging its leading character and committing mayhem on the 1948 Broadway success, The Silver Whistle. This time, the acid, all-knowing Webb is uncomfortably fitted out with a heart of gold, while Robert McEnroe's comedy, on which the movie is based, loses most of its puckish spirit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Aug. 27, 1951 | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

...polish that Philadelphia Bell for a clean, clear ring heralding "Ike" for President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 20, 1951 | 8/20/1951 | See Source »

...decision. Last week, in San Francisco, aging (37) Joe Louis looked a little more like the old Brown Bomber. His left jab cut rugged Cesar Brion's face to ribbons, twice had him on the verge of a knockout before Louis won a unanimous decision at the final bell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winners | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

Workman's Compensation. In Coventry, England, Richard Bell, professional beer taster, was fined $56 for drunken driving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 13, 1951 | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

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