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Word: screaming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Douglas jumped up, clapped his hands to his head, and let out a high-pitched scream of wordless exasperation. He stumbled down the aisle as O'Mahoney, pincenez in hand, watched openmouthed. Outside, Douglas flopped down on a couch, tears spilling down his cheeks. Someone put a cold towel on his head. Half an hour later, he was back in his seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: A Senator Screams | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

...closet with Barbara. We put a wooden chair under the doorknob and then the hall bureau behind it. At first they pounded on the door and yelled, but after an hour or so they got very quiet outside of an occasional mumble or scream...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 7/19/1951 | See Source »

...Kill You if You Scream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Crime | 7/9/1951 | See Source »

...talk about this before midnight," he said, "I'll kill the girl." He turned Gilbert loose, and got on a Washington-bound bus with Carolyn. "I know a cheap hotel," he confided. "I'll kill you if you scream." When they walked into the lobby, she winked desperately at a lounging marine; the marine simply winked back. She wept when Irwin shut the door of their room. She was forced to submit to him four more times during the night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Crime | 7/9/1951 | See Source »

...minutes of extra sleep by dashing for the office, dashing right out again for breakfast coffee and a cruller. Said a Boston stenographer: "If I couldn't look forward to some coffee and a cigarette after the first hour's dictation, I'd scream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Coffee Hour | 3/5/1951 | See Source »

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