Word: stomachful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there were some guests whom Sheean was able to stomach. There was Winston Churchill, who "first became visible" to Sheean "in a red bathrobe over bathing trunks; he wore a large, flopping straw hat, and slippers and a cherubic grin." His first words were: "My dear Maxine, you have no idea how easy it is to travel without a servant. I came here all the way from London alone and it was quite simple." Said Maxine: "Winston, how brave of you!" Churchill spent much of his time painting. "In such a society [he] was slightly out of place...
Captain Warren Berg, right-hander, will be on the mound for the Varsity with Jack Farley seeing ball pen service. Catcher Ned Fitzgibbons, who was kept out of action against BU because of a stomach ailment, should be ready for duty tomorrow...
...remembered something about lifesaving, so I tried to place myself in such a position so I could put my feet against his stomach, catch him by the shoulders and shove him away. Well, I got hold of him somehow; I think it was about the shoulders but I'm not sure. Then I swung an overhead blow right into his face. He loosened his hold and I didn't see him any more...
...this bit of shoptalk between a Fort Bliss cavalryman and his commanding officer made any listener's stomach twitch last week, that was exactly what the U.S. Army wanted...
...only really likable characters in Wagnerian opera are old men. While the youthful Siegfrieds, Tristans and Tannhausers are all muscle-on the stage, mostly stomach-and ego, their elders (Wotan, Hans Sachs, Kurwenal, et al.) are mostly kindhearted, responsible, possessed of human failings and a regard for social obligations. For 20 years at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera these benign Wagnerian oldsters have been impersonated by the outstanding Wagnerian baritone of his generation, stocky, bald-headed Friedrich Schorr. Last week, before a packed house that rose to its feet and cheered, Friedrich Schorr sang Wotan for the last time...