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Word: hells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hell, no. Do you want some coffee?" He was stretched back in his chair with his feet on a cluttered desk. His white shirt was open at the neck, and a set of large, red plastic pens was sticking out of a sheath attached to his belt. His hands were toying with an old pipe which had lost half of its stem many years ago. On one wall was hanging a black-board which read "Crimson interview at 1:30--Later: Finish 'Mass Appeal' Chapter--Look for Hickey Letter--Write Ben Hibbs." Bill explained that Admiral Hickey is the Navy...

Author: By Fog BOUND Estuary, | Title: Silhouette | 5/3/1951 | See Source »

Around 9 o'clock tonight, the smoggy serenity of Cleveland's lakefront will be split by one hell of a yell: Lou Boudreau will have returned to Municipal Stadium and some 60,000 teary voices will rise together in protest that he should have never left. The average Cleveland baseball fan is funny that way; a sentimentalist, he would still prefer the Indians in the second division under Boudreau than on top (as they currently are) under somebody else...

Author: By Richard B. Kline, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 5/1/1951 | See Source »

Well, just what the hell is a plomb? I couldn't find it in the dictionary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Evocative? | 4/27/1951 | See Source »

...reason why we are having such a hell of a time here on earth," according to Gates, "is bi-sexual reproduction." He includes the present world crisis in this condemnation...

Author: By Richard W. Edelman, | Title: Ex-Yalie Tells 900 In Girls' Colleges To Remain 'Pure' | 4/25/1951 | See Source »

...twelve, he worked his way to New York from Russia, worked his way to the top with some powerful boosts from friendly Democratic politicos, became a millionaire playboy and philanthropist. Something of a bulldozer himself, he boasted that he got ahead through brawn, not brains: "What the hell. I can always hire college graduates to do the pencil-and-paper work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 23, 1951 | 4/23/1951 | See Source »

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