Search Details

Word: hell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

China has never won a modern war, but two years ago in the smoke and flame and searing Hell of Japan's avalanche against Shanghai she whelped a towering hero, General Tsai Ting-kai of the deathless 19th Route Army (TIME, Feb. 22, 1932). Last week on the Olympic he steamed into Manhattan and Chinatown went wild. Rich merchants had hired a suite for their hero at the tall-towered Waldorf-Astoria. They sent three planes with Chinese pilots roaring down the bay to dip and zoom in welcome. As the Olympic drew in, 4,000 jubilant celestials jammed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Resist! Resist! | 9/10/1934 | See Source »

ZION, Ill. (UP).-Wilbur Glen Voliva, religious leader, who says the world is flat, has notified his followers that the world will end Sept. 10. ... He says that those in his colony on Sept. 10 will be saved, that the rest can go to Hell, Editor's Note-The doomed will include all delinquent Item subscribers. Play safe and pay up at once, as we don't want to chase all over Hell after these bills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Advt. of the Week | 9/10/1934 | See Source »

...hell of a big country, Mister...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1933 VERSUS FRANKENSTEIN | 9/1/1934 | See Source »

...where the deans hold their desperate feasts, is only a step from one's quarters but yards of red tape stretch from the lowly Freshman to the arrogant dean except when the former is about to resume permanent residence at his home. In fact, Harvard is not only "a hell of a big country" but a veritable frankenstein...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1933 VERSUS FRANKENSTEIN | 9/1/1934 | See Source »

...some such light will the man who has made a failure of College regard it in after years. To avoid this experience, he must realize that Harvard is "a Hell of a big country" and that a big country can be an impersonal one. After the cheering sentiments which will be drilled into 1938 continually during its first week here have died away, the Freshman Class will be face to face with this issue. The best weapon is initiative. While neither the Faculty nor the deans are alarming ogres, you must take the first step in opening relations with them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1933 VERSUS FRANKENSTEIN | 9/1/1934 | See Source »

First | Previous | 2696 | 2697 | 2698 | 2699 | 2700 | 2701 | 2702 | 2703 | 2704 | 2705 | 2706 | 2707 | 2708 | 2709 | 2710 | 2711 | 2712 | 2713 | 2714 | 2715 | 2716 | Next | Last