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Word: bellyful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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A visiting reporter for the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, with a great show of innocence and a grits-and-gravy drawl, said: "Mr. President, this is my first conference. My impression about you is that you look a lot younger than I thought you did." The President rocked back on his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Ain't Saying | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

The basic idea seems to be that it doesn't matter what the boys do to Strauss so long as they keep it lively. The rotating stage is decked out with a gay jumble of pagodas and minarets, Arab palaces and Venetian gondola landings. Costumes flash across the stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Koblenz Idea | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

Sierks, gripping the life ring, found himself in one of the most appallingly lonely spots a man could imagine. He soon gave up hope, but found that he could not give up trying: "It's hard to drown when you know how to swim." That first day, sharks pestered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Man Overboard | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

Gamblers, touts and gangsters operated nonchalantly for years in Florida. In the midst of graft and corruption, since his inauguration in January 1949, stood Governor Fuller Warren, 45, a handsome man with silvery hair and one of the loudest belly laughs in politics.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Man with the Big Laugh | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

The little (4O-ft.) white Skyrocket had waited a long time for its day of glory. Built as a Navy experimental ship, it made its first take-off from Muroc's long, dry lake bed almost three years ago. Even then it could crack through the sonic barrier, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Out of This World | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

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