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...mother was a washwoman in St. Louis, her father a porter. At 18, already a veteran of colored revues, she took her elaborate curves and odd distinctions-uninhibited mobility, a primitive comic sense, a fearless voice-from the U.S. to Paris, shot to quick fame at the Folies Bergère, where she danced in a costume consisting of a girdle of bananas. She became as glittery a fixture of the Paris theater as Mistinguett and Chevalier, stayed famous and wealthy through the late '20s and '30s, grew to be a legend-a gay darling who lived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 7, 1942 | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

...Berg to Start...

Author: By Mitchell I. Goodman, | Title: Crimson to Risk Win Streak Today | 8/28/1942 | See Source »

Coach Stahl will depend on Warren "Moe" Berg, the owner of a four game winning streak, for the Crimson hurling chores. Brown is expected to counter with their ace moundsman, work-horse Earl Nichols, who engineered last month's whitewashing of the Crim...

Author: By Mitchell I. Goodman, | Title: Crimson to Risk Win Streak Today | 8/28/1942 | See Source »

After early season ups and downs, the Crimson has developed an attack to match Berg's consistently fine and sometimes spectacular work on the mound. Provided that the poor batting background at Brown's Aldrich Field doesn't throw their timing off, the Harvard line-up should keep hurler Nichols and the Bruin outfielders hustling this afternoon

Author: By Mitchell I. Goodman, | Title: Crimson to Risk Win Streak Today | 8/28/1942 | See Source »

...Tuesday Coach Stahl will send Moe Berg in quest of a revenge victory over an all-star Fort team from the Boston area...

Author: By Mitchell I. Goodman, | Title: Crimson Nine Wins Fourth Straight; Two Service Teams Beaten, 7-3, 6-5 | 8/24/1942 | See Source »

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