Word: belts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gyrus cinguli, a belt-shaped organ lying above the thalamic region. This is the receiving gate for impulses going into the cerebral cortex. It appears to be the seat of vigilance and of sex emotions...
...Bist Du Schön, from a Jewish musical comedy (I Would If I Could) by Sholom Secunda and Jacob Jacobs. The song went practically unnoticed until last summer Johnny & George, a Negro piano team, played it at a Jewish summer resort in New York's borsch belt, then brought it to a Broadway night club. There it was heard by Saul Chaplin and Sammy Cahn, two East Side boys who had written Posin', Shoe Shine Boy, Rhythm Is Our Business, could recognize a song when they heard it. They put English lyrics to Bei Mir Bist...
...banging his fist in rage over Lawyer Ziegler's attempts to read into tne record an excerpt from a celebrated 1921 Pressmen's Union dispute in which he & the union directors were charged with misappropriating funds, Senator Berry cried: "Why don't you hit above the belt...
...Were you hitting above the belt when you took those powers of attorney?" snapped Lawyer Ziegler...
...lifebelt containing a tube full of sulphuric acid and a portion of bicarbonate. Any slight jar breaks the tube, generates carbon dioxide which automatically inflates the belt...