Word: agented
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...widow with an 8-year-old child, Eileen is now married to her London agent. She first won notice in England with her records; but the English really warmed up to her when she made wartime tours. Now her records (for English Decca and English Columbia) are snapped up as fast as she makes them...
...loot has included some $5 million and a Beverly Hills mansion complete with swimming pool. He has what one Hollywood agent calls "A fabulous ego. Every once in a while, someone ought to tell him that he is not, after all, Sibelius." Jimmy never worries that his inspiration will run dry: "When I was an office boy in Boston, I was a hep kid with a beat. I'm still a hep kid with a beat...
Winchell received the letter two weeks ago, but referred it to his Boston agent when he became suspicious of the typewritten signatures. The names given were those of former president Frederic D. Houghteling '50, Richard G. Neisser '50, Eliot G. Gordon '47, Bernard P. Cohen '51, Donald M. Glsh '56, and Alexander J. Meigs...
Wasteland Emirate. When the Turks sided with Germany in World War I, Abdullah and his father and brothers joined the British, led their followers in the Arab Revolt. Colonel T. E. Lawrence ("of Arabia"), chief British agent among the Arabs, thought Abdullah "too clever" and unpredictable to be the Arab leader of the rebellion, picked his brother Feisal instead...
...bold, blunt cartoons. He spends the rest of his time in the office sharpening his wits on the staff. When an editorial writer complained that the cartoonist wasted his valuable time, Sun Editor (now emeritus) John W. Owens replied that Duffy was worth his weight as a "fertilizing agent...