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Word: spill (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their way. As the case stands now, Willy will end his days behind stone walls, lips sealed--not because he won't talk, but because he has nothing to say. Sutton knows how to save his skin, and if he knew anything about Schuster's death, he'd spill it. Honor among thieves is a phrase as out-dated as the cliche about criminals returning to the scene of the crime. In a few months police will stamp "Unsolved" on the folder of Arnold Schuster and tuck it away in an already bulging file. The Brink's case, the biggest...

Author: By Laurence D. Savadove, | Title: Crime Marches On | 4/25/1952 | See Source »

...Awright, Maxie, spill it. See that city down there? Rienzi's out there waitin' for you. Now spill it or I'll toss you out there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deadline, U.S.A. | 4/25/1952 | See Source »

...Democratica friends. After voluble discussions of her plight, they decided to move her to another house. Her new hosts were dismayingly hospitable. They gave parties and introduced the fugitive to their guests. Finally the underground supplied the information Evelyn needed: the Seguridad thought that she had information to spill, and would arrest her soon. After another long discussion, it was decided that she should seek asylum in the Chilean embassy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: Escape Story | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

...caught one of the flag-decked course markers. She spun around, tumbled on her side. Then, to the cheers of the crowd, she bounced up, took five quick climbing steps to make sure she was through the "gate," and set off hell-for-leather for the finish. The spill had cost her at least three precious seconds, but when the first heat results were compiled, Andy was in fourth place. Dave, his brows puckered with worry, left Andy alone: "She knows she's behind, and she knows how to fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Andy Again | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

...full two seconds faster than any of the world's best women skiers had been able to do all day. The feat was comparable to a middle-distance runner breaking the world record for the mile by more than seven seconds. Despite her first-heat spill, Andy had become the first U.S. skier ever to win two Olympic gold medals. Her winning margin, over Germany's Ossi Reichert: eight-tenths of a second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Andy Again | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

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