Word: awarded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Said she, she had received "abusive treatment" from Critic Wilson, cited the time he had kicked her out of bed. She said she complained the following morning ("I won't stand for this," she cried), and he promptly gave her a black eye. Authoress McCarthy got her alimony award just before Hecate became a profitable bestseller. The award: $60 a week...
...Academy Award (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS). Little Caesar, with Edward G. Robinson...
Although the $500 best-of-season award went to a dreamy, lovey-dovey piece called Portrait of a Girl, the Playhouse had actually done some better work. It was one of the few shows to tell writers: "Write about anything you like." And it paid one of radio's prettiest pennies ($200) for winning scripts...
Speakers will be chosen in general from the ranks of University students and faculty members, and those who are undergraduates or teaching fellows will be eligible to compete for the Rogers Prize of $35.00. This award is made by vote of the club officers and faculty members, to the eligible speaker who gives the best talk of the year. There is a second-place prize...
...Elizabete's men, the wallowing wreck looked like a pot of gold. If they got her to port, approximately a third of the salvage award would be distributed among them according to rank (their owners taking the other two-thirds). The galley boy thought his share would be enough to buy an automobile and marry his Canadian sweetheart...