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Word: blakes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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That the Smoker, will be anything but a one star affair is affirmed by a startling eleventh-hour addition to the cast which was consummated last night. The added attraction is Arthur Blake, one of the country's outstanding mimics, who has given two command performances at the White House within the past year. Blake, who at present is breaking all records at a local Boston night club, is famous for his impersonation of Mrs. Roosevelt; and it is reported that upon seeing the mimic's antics the First Lady laughed heartily, as did the President...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jinx Falkenburg Heads List Of '45 Smoker Celebrities | 5/1/1942 | See Source »

...Wilson, playing with number one man Jim Jenkins, was once again a winner when they defeated Stoddard and Garber, 6-8, 6-1, 6-1. Gillespie lived up to his advance notices with a vengeance, first defeating Jenkins, 6-3, 6-4 and then, together with his partner, Bill Blake, taking over Hugh Hyde and Sorlien...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIAMI TEAM WINS OVER RACQUETMEN | 4/28/1942 | See Source »

Unannounced beforehand, the extensive gifts were revealed by President Conant in his brief address to the 300 invited guests in the Library's Reading Room. The books and manuscripts include works of John Keats, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William Blake...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President Accepts Ten Donations At Library Opening | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...thousand manuscripts from the James family were given by Henry James '99 and Mrs. Andrew Hepburn left on deposit with the library the manuscripts of her grandmother, Caroline Tappan. Pamphlets concerning the history of American missionaries were also received and seven important books of William Blake belonging to the late Edward W. Hooper '59, from his four daughters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President Accepts Ten Donations At Library Opening | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...Army and Navy made paragons of a soldier and a sailor. Soldier Earl L. Short (see cut) was chosen from 7,000 others as the "Perfect Selectee" at Virginia's Fort Belvoir; Sailor Henry Harlan Blake (see cut, p. 41) was pronounced "Typical" by the Pacific Fleet. Soldier Short is 23, stands 6 ft. i in., weighs 185 lb.; Sailor Blake is 24, stands 5 ft. 11 in., weighs about 180 lb. Short is from Georgia, Blake from West Virginia. Neither is married. Short is taller and heavier than the average draftee (who is 5 ft. 8 in., weighs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Perfect, Typical | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

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