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Word: bellyful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bang! The second bullet drilled into Mayor Cermak's belly, on the right, just below the ribs. He crumpled to his knees. Blood oozed through his white shirt, making a narrow rectangle parallel to his belt.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Escape | 2/27/1933 | See Source »

From the mainmast of the new 10,000-ton cruiser Augusta flew the three-starred flag of Vice Admiral Frank H. Clark, the Scouting Force's commander. Astern steamed the Navy's newest and best men-o'-war-the heavy cruisers Salt Lake City, Chicago, Chester, Louisville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Fleet Problem No. 14 | 2/13/1933 | See Source »

A spectacular feature of the meet was the visit of the U. S. S. Akron. Visitors discovered that every road from which they could catch even a distant glimpse of the moored ship led also to the airport, that those roads were blocked by Miami policemen selling tickets to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Miami Races | 1/16/1933 | See Source »

Publishers always have some reason for publishing what they do. Authors' reasons for writing what they write are vaguer. In a letter to Publisher Knopf, Author Neumann defiantly admits why he wrote this historical-romantic farce: "Because I wanted to fight against the general and my personal depression, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: German Falstaff | 1/16/1933 | See Source »

Heinrich, enormously fat, drunken, gluttonous Duke of Liegnitz, was a contemporary of England's Queen Elizabeth, but he never gave her a thought until his last legs were wobbly. Only thing that kept him from drinking his duchy dry and getting himself kicked out was his timidly pessimistic Counsellor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: German Falstaff | 1/16/1933 | See Source »

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