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Word: belter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...falls in love with a white boy, loses him when he discovers her race, goes into a hysterical spin. The older brother, a man about 30, steadies her down, tries to straighten the boy out too, tries to get on with his career as a no-talent ballad belter. At the end, things are still pretty much as they were at the beginning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The $40,000 Method | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

...Hispanos, Billy Graham con nosotros," the signs proclaimed in buses and stores and the old favorite hymns they sang would have startled many a Bible-belter: The Old Rugged Cross was La Cruz de Jesus, What a Friend We Have in Jesus was Oh, Qué Amigo!, and Wonderful Words of Life was Oh, Contádmelas Otra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Billy con Hispanos | 10/24/1960 | See Source »

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