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Word: belled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nineteen-year-old Ruth Ehlers of North Bergen, N.J. was a little worried last week about one aspect of her wedding to Louis Villani, 23, a mechanic of the same city. She had her heart set on getting hitched in a diving bell at the bottom of the ocean, but in writing to Atlantic City to arrange for the equipment, she pleaded: "Please don't think we are trying to be sensational or maybe even crazy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Human Thing To Do | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

...only a kitten when he first padded into the Villager's office in 1935. In three months, lithe, quick-moving Scoopy rid the office of rats. Such energy won him a home, a byline and the editorial assistance of Clara Bell Woolworth and later Emeline Paige, two Village ladies with a passion for anonymity. Scoopy plumped for neighborliness and civic betterment, supported the Greenwich Village Humane League, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the United Nations Children's Fund. His fan mail was the Villager's biggest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Death of a Columnist | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

...When held in position, the bell-shaped casing (covering a slim barrel within) insures that the bullet will enter at the proper angle, even if the horse moves-and that one shot will be enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Son of Bold Venture | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

...telephone, the word came from Trainer Hirsch and Owner Bob Kleberg. The vet placed the bell-shaped horse gun on Air Lift's forehead, fired the shot.* The colt toppled over on his side. The stable hands who stood around could think of nothing much to say. They had seen horses die before-but few with as much promise as Air Lift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Son of Bold Venture | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

...public utilities, once so ailing, were doing almost as well as steel and autos, thanks to a bracing tonic of rate increases. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph, A.T. & T. controlled, boosted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EARNINGS: What's Up? | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

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