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Word: belled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...practice jump. A flock of starlings, startled from the trees, swept across its nose. They were drawn in by the thrashing propellers. The carburetor air intakes of both engines suddenly became choked with dead birds, the engines faltered. Pilot Robert Kilpatrick shouted to a crewman to push the jump bell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Bail-Out | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

...rear end of the plane, Sergeant Robert Lee Hodgkiss, 24, acting as safety man, heard the bell. The plane had only an altitude of about 400 feet, less than half the normal height for training jumps. But Hodgkiss sensed disaster, yelled: "Stand up, hook up, jump!" There was only time for Hodgkiss to see that all chutes were hooked to the static line. In seven seconds (half the usual minimum time) 36 men went out through the two doors. It was Hodgkiss' turn. He took a look. By this time the shuddering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Bail-Out | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

...with six different "preparations," nine major works for piano. Necessarily expressionistic, one of his sonatas last week moved the New York Times to get a faraway look in its good, grey eyes: "The fourteenth sonata . . . suggested burro's hoofs on far-off cobbles, while a gentle church bell sounded sadly in the distance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sonata for Bolt & Screw | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

...abandon with which North eastern coach Herb Gallagher inserted his three lines. At no time during the game was there any guarantee that the Huskie first line would be replaced by the second. Nor did the makeup of the forward walls remain constant. Northeastern ace Jim Bell appeared as a cenlor, wing, and defenseman. Unfortunately the variety of Bell's roles had no damaging effects on his scoring skill and he collected three of Northeastern's five goals...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Sextet Muzzles Huskies With Late Surge, 9-5 | 1/21/1949 | See Source »

...probable starting lineup: HARVARD NORTHEASTERN Clark g Howell Greeley ld F. Bell Carman rd Kerivan D. Key c J. Bell Coulter lw Reid Garrity rw Mackenzie

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: High-Flying Hockey Team Meets Northeastern at Arena Tonight | 1/19/1949 | See Source »

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