Word: hell
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seen since the 1922 "Fatty" Arbuckle case. Dr. Thorpe, after the divorce, had apparently stolen a two-volume diary kept by his exwife. Its revelations, doled out day by day from his attorney's office, were as purple as the ink they were written in. "Why the hell I keep writing things down in this book I don't know," began the first instalment of what the tabloid Press promptly labeled "The Misstep Diary." "It seems to help for some reason. Then, too, Baby Marylyn some day would like to know what sort of a person her mother...
Married. Francesca Lindenthal, daughter of the late famed Austrian-born Bridge Builder Gustav Lindenthal (Hell Gate, Manhattan, Queensboro); and Engineer Hans Renz, of Stockholm, Sweden; in Metuchen...
...release valve. On the governor two V-8 emblems would begin to move as the giant got under way. Mr. Ford gave the wheel seven or eight turns. Nothing happened. The Master of Dearborn frowned, turned to Engineer Smith, and his lips seemed to frame the question, "What the hell?" Smith signaled to keep on turning...
...profession of public accountant, he ran away from school at 14, earned his living for five years as cab driver, lifeguard, reporter, tile setter, office boy, bank clerk. Where an orderly schooling might have refined, this helter-skelter existence served to aggravate the amazing accent of an illiterate Hell's Kitchen ragamuffin which is now his principal financial asset. Stander's first important cinema role was in The Scoundrel (1935). His raucous, angry voice and guttersnipe demeanor stamped him immediately as a new and refreshing type, brought him a Hollywood contract. Since then...
...Whiskey sales, as well as production, have always slumped in the hot months, gin sales traditionally rising. To improve whiskey's standing as a summer drink, Calvert Distilling Co. last winter dispatched an expedition to the Amazon ("Green Hell of Guiana" for advertising purposes), equipped with "dermatherms" and plenty of Calvert whiskey. After sitting around in the jungle drinking Calvert for six weeks the expedition returned with figures showing that skin temperatures were ½° to 1° lower after "ingestion" of the whiskey...