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Word: stomachable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...these different sicknesses going around under the general rubric of "flu," I have decided to try to catch as many different illnesses as possible. Still, I don't think that I've been able to cover the whole spectrum of these maladies--I have yet to experience gut-wrenching stomach aches or muscle stiffness...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Basketball for the Beflued and Befuddled | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

...swim team hasn't "shaved down" for any of its meets this season, then how come none of them has any hair on his stomach...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: 'For I'm a Jolly Good Fellow'... | 2/15/1978 | See Source »

...disgusted with a dozen futile court appearances, and since I stand only 4 ft. 11 in. and weigh 100 lbs., I decided to take a summer course in karate. Then, when a student tried to gouge out my left eye, she was met by devastating blows to the stomach and head. Even though the student was predictably set free in juvenile court, I doubt she will ever forget her experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 13, 1978 | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

...from Columbia and signing at least three checks with fake signatures, including that of Actor Cliff Robertson, he was returned practically unpunished to his $400,000 post. His reinstatement, which was seen as a symbol of the arrogant power wielded by Hollywood's kingmakers, became too much to stomach even for many veterans of the cynical film community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Continuing Saga of Hollywoodgate | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

...gave nearly everyone the opportunity to be employed by the savior of his choice. Christian swords and Marxist sickles drew the blood of a common enemy. For many, the war was good for the soul. In a U.S. economically galvanized by the conflict, it was good for the stomach as well. Unemployment vanished, and the unspent wages of war work compressed like a powerful spring. The economy suddenly began to look like a jack-in-the-box poised for peace. When it came, the future sprang up in vistas of well-lighted suburbs and grinning grillwork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Life of the Party | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

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