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Word: bettye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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The only outcome capable of confounding the Forest Hills authorities more than an all-foreign final was to have Anita Lizana beat touted Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, a Warsaw typist whose powerful forehand had been strengthened by beefsteak breakfasts, for the championship. Miss Lizana had beaten Miss Jedrzejowska twice before this season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Forest Hills Finalists | 9/20/1937 | See Source »

As any inquiring reporter from Mars would soon discover, the Earth's most popular entertainers are not made of flesh & blood. They are a number of two-dimensional creatures whose native haunts are the animated cartoons. As every cinemaddict knows, the thousands of hand- drawn pictures that go to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Popeye Boycott | 9/20/1937 | See Source »

Vogues of 1938 (Walter Wanger) can be chalked up as a minor Hollywood triumph on two counts: 1) it is the most enticing example of Technicolor yet produced; 2) it has apparently found a formula for transforming the fashion show from a boring newsreel short to a full-length revue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Aug. 30, 1937 | 8/30/1937 | See Source »

Adopted. By onetime (1925-32) New York Mayor James John Walker and wife, onetime Actress Betty Compton; a boy, eight weeks old, to be a companion to their adopted daughter Mary Ann, 17 months; in Chicago. Name: James John II.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 19, 1937 | 7/19/1937 | See Source »

On the auditorium stage of Washington's new National Museum last week before a battery of microphones stood 16 nervous boys and girls. They were finalists in the 13th annual Louisville Courier-Journal National Spelling Bee in which 15 other newspapers participated. They were about to produce the closest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Best Speller | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

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