Word: paunch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...eating," says the ample Frenchman who is known to all Gallic gourmets as Prince Curnonsky, "has nothing to do with the need for nourishment." The propagation of this great truth has brought the 220-lb. prince not only his title and his brave paunch but an endless succession of free meals. His only regret is that he realized it so late. Born plain Maurice-Edmond Sailland, he ate well, as most people do in his native Loire valley, up to the age of 15, but only for the sake of sustenance. Then his wealthy family hired an illiterate peasant girl...
...Diseases in Rio de Janeiro, may make a chubby draftee look more soldierly, but it may also damage his health. Rigid military posture prevents a man from using his lungs properly. And faulty breathing can cause discomfort over the heart, upset digestion, bring on insomnia and depression. A moderate paunch. Dr. Gordon said, might better be left to its own devices. Military or not, "the important asset of the firm, rounded abdomen is its capacity to support the diaphragm within the effective range of expiration and inspiration...
...Democratic Party stands in Chicago as a slightly aging Robin Hood with a paunch and a double chin, still bold and confident, but worried about the changing facts of life in Sherwood Forest...
...R.A.F. Coastal Command, with its old-fashioned equipment, is "likely to be less effective" than it was in the last war. In one of Winston Churchill's favorite phrases, Britain must present the hard back of a hedgehog, not the soft paunch of a rabbit, to any enemy...
More, than half a million Americans during the past year have been bewitched by the Devil. This particular Devil is a jovial old party who wears a rumpled dinner jacket over his generous paunch, and sports no horns or tail. His glance, though sometimes leering, is never demoniac, and he talks about Heaven and Hell with a twinkle, like a fat, fond uncle...