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Word: hell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...about the U. S.-why our country is so goddam pro-British is more than I can understand. I fear our present sentiments would cause Washington, Hamilton and Patrick Henry to blush with embarrassment. We licked the damn English once, now why the hell do we have to pal around? If we do go in again it will be a bad mistake. One man can keep us out. I think most of us are willing to admit now that Franklin D. Roosevelt is our greatest president. If he keeps us out of this war, he will go down in history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 23, 1939 | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

...hate the music business" . . . "They won't let you stay at the top. They won't give you a chance to breathe" . . . "Autograph hunters? To hell with them! Often I've played for 2,500 or 3,000 people and 1,000 would stand around the stand staring at me. They aren't listening--only gawking" . . . "Then they want autographs. Nothing doing! I'm too busy with my job. Sometimes I let my valet sign my name, and they're just as satisfied." . . . "My friends say I'm a damned fool. They say that these people made me. Want...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 10/20/1939 | See Source »

...content,--not much, it's true, but some. The characters of Madison Breed and B. J. Wickfield are drawn on a slightly higher level than the broad, low, and beautiful plain of sex, even though they make frequent excursions downward. The girl-lead, Cindy Lou, while undergoing ordeal by hell-fire and brimstone in the process, eventually lands on the top of the heap in the final scene, showing that Miss Booth may have some surreptitious respect for her and the things she stands...

Author: By W. E. H., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/18/1939 | See Source »

...months later Dodge stockholders had assented to the deal and the contract was signed. Next morning Broker Dillon dropped in to see Motorman Chrysler at his office on Madison Avenue to find out when Chrysler would begin operating Dodge. "Hell, Clarence," replied Walter, "our boys moved in last night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOTORS: K.T. | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...Beery, "lost $80,000, but my brother also wants Gilbert Beesemyer to be given another chance." The former movie villain had scarcely done talking when he suffered a heart attack; he had to be assisted out of the room. "My doctor told me not to come," he gasped. "But hell, I couldn't let this fellow down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Mercy and Justice | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

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