Word: stomach
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...litter. A machine-gun nest of Merrill's Marauders cut them down like wheat; one of the Marauders was later rumored to have slit the throat of the helpless Japanese officer. But, says Author Ogburn, 48, who was there as a second lieutenant, "no one had the stomach to try to establish the facts." From the pockets of one of the slain Japanese spilled two objects common to men at war: a cheap gilt Buddha and a contraceptive device. "It is hard to say which is the more unnerving." reflects Ogburn on seeing these evidences of sacred and profane...
Tripe. In Burlington, Vt., an agricultural journal listed the contents of the stomach of a slaughtered bull: safety pins, bobby pins, cartridge casings, two rubber heels, a key chain, a set of gold dental bridgework, nine pennies, 16 nails, two plastic bags, a toy wristwatch, a gold watchband, a fishing spinner, five clothespins, six can lids, two hypodermic needles, two earrings, a broken pop bottle, 24 bottle caps, half an inner tube, a rubber doll...
With hamhanded touches of horror like these, M. Clement destroys the tragedy and poignancy of his situation. Gervaise is a fine, very nearly moving, motion picture; if you can stomach (and forget) the sordid detail, it is a worthwhile experience...
...bought a butcher knife, tucked it inside a newspaper and started walking. She found Ernesto, her first love, at a bus stop. "Vincenzina, you are prettier than ever," Ernesto began, but he did not finish. Vincenzina fell upon him with the knife, stabbing him in the chest and stomach...
...former U.S. champion. A freshman at the University of Minnesota's Duluth division, Gene practices two nights a week and on weekends with his father, still jumping at 46, and younger brothers Glenn, 17, and Wayne, 10, who compete in age-group meets. To develop strong leg and stomach muscles required for jumping, he does deep knee bends in his basement for an hour at a time with 35-lb. bags of sand on each shoulder...