Apparently he was unaware that Officer Hellman has admitted doing exactly that.
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Hellman's dishonesty in her later writing is sympathetically framed by the decades of criticism she had endured.
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By 1936 Hellman was rewarded an astonishing $2,500 per week in a 10-week contract—a hack screenwriter earned $50.
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Trillin boomed from the crowd, as the questions wound down, referring to Ephron's chapter on the notoriously difficult Hellman.
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Hellman was standing to one side, perspiration pouring down his face, reading his dictionary with a preoccupied frown.
One Man's Poison|Robert Sheckley
"Very interesting indeed," Hellman said, leafing through the book.
One Man's Poison|Robert Sheckley
"If you'd like to give up your share—" Hellman started to suggest.
One Man's Poison|Robert Sheckley
Hellman, in time, succeeded this company and continued for himself.
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"Let's talk this over," Hellman said, sitting on a box marked: vormitish—good as it sounds!
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British Dictionary definitions for Hellman
Hellman
/ (ˈhɛlmən) /
noun
Lillian. 1905–84, US dramatist. Her works include the plays The Little Foxes (1939), The Searching Wind (1944), and the autobiographical Scoundrel Time (1976)