Word: helluva
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spring semester they have taught a total of 690 students, roughly one-tenth of the student body. Commented an S.U.I. undergraduate : "Around here we think it's a helluva good idea...
...Damn it," growled Vag as he shifted into reverse. Same result, though the whine from the spinning wheels was perhaps a trifle higher in pitch. "Must be really stuck this time, he thought. "Better get help." He stuck his head out the window. The street was deserted. A helluva note thought Vag, as he again tried to rock his car off the ice. No dice...
...city editor of Oklahoma City's Daily Oklahoman read a Page One feature story in the Times, the Oklahoman's afternoon sister-paper, and smelled a "helluva good story." The Times (circ. 114,870) told about an elderly couple whose little country home had been sold at a public sale for $1.13 because they owed that much in taxes-which they didn't even know about. City Editor , Ralph Sewell showed the clip to Reporter Bill Van Dyke. "Bill," said he, "they didn't name the so-and-so who got the property...
...dewy-eyed, I hereby recommend that everyone become a war correspondent. True, there are occasional discomfitures, sometimes made of lead and steel, but by and large, and I'm serious, it's a remarkable opportunity for good descriptive writing. And as in newspaper work anywhere, you get a helluva lot better picture of what's going on out here than anyone can get from reading the censored reports. Finally, you know, every war correspondent always writes a book when he gets home and makes half a million bucks...
...Helluva Lot More. Last week when The Croaker left for good to attend to his private practice in San Rafael and the orange and lemon trees on his ten-acre place at nearby Fairfax, he turned his cons over to a medical staff of 13 doctors and four nurses, plus a host of part-time specialists. "They get," he says, "a damn sight better attention than I could afford for myself. It's a helluva lot more than most of 'em deserve...