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Word: velma (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...waif, who like to be called Pa and Velma, are not mixed up in the crime; they are in the film only to serve as handy objects of Bogart's generosity--for his heart is at least as good as Miss L's. Bogart is equally generous to a little dog named Pard; here he shows bad judgement, Pard being enough to make any sensible man turn vivisectionist...

Author: By Daniel Field, | Title: High Sierra | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

Business Expense. In Denver, Laundress Velma Dunlap won a divorce after she told the judge that her husband gave her money only once during their marriage, when he forked over $4 so she could advertise for more washing and ironing to take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 24, 1956 | 9/24/1956 | See Source »

...Walter Reilly,' said Velma, looking at Father Fabre to see if he followed her . . . 'Let me taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Devil Inside | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

...Powers takes a Waughspish delight in lampooning vulgarity. The Presence of Grace is about a sociable young curate, Father Fabre, who unwittingly dignifies a liaison between one of his parishioners, Mrs. Mathers, and her non-Catholic paramour, Mr. Pint, by dining with them and Mr. Pint's daughter Velma. The high comic humors of the story and the evening revolve around an old-fashioned ice cream freezer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Devil Inside | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

...Miss Middleton's first name is Velma, not "Thelma...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAME CALLING | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

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