Word: belle
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...reached Harvard Yard almost on the point of exhaustion, and wearily stamped into his classroom just as the bell on Memorial Chapel began to chime 9 o'clock...
Each student is asked to care for her room (which is inspected periodically) and to work for not more than five hours weekly at "bell duty," waiting on table in the dormitory dining halls, and "light pantry work." There are no sororities, but the students have organized 19 clubs for entertainment or uplift, or both...
From the opening bell, ex-Sailor Murphy came boring in like a brawling longshoreman, trying to land the knockout left that has polished off 50 out of 58 opponents, and made Murphy one of the top contenders for the light-heavyweight title. The referee had to warn Murphy against his grab-and-hit tactics (clutching with his right glove while pounding with his left). But Matthews was taking care of himself. He boxed with Marquess of Queensberry manners, but kept thumping powerful lefts & rights to Murphy's body. Later, when Murphy continued to bore in with a splendid disregard...
Young Wings. Other U.S. helicopters now in Korea are four different types made by Bell Aircraft Corp., which has been making copters since 1945, has sunk $12 million into research and development. Bell tried to tap the commercial market for helicopters as executive transports, crop-dusters, mail-carriers, etc., but lost money. At $23,500 a ship, there were not enough buyers. The company now has a $75 million military backlog, is developing the tandem-rotored experimental XHSL-i helicopter. The Navy wants to equip it with radar, use it to hunt submarines...
Aside from Sikorsky and Bell, most of the big work in helicopters is in the hands of young men and new companies...