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Word: boulevarding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ever reported my age correctly," said oldtime Cinemactress Gloria Swanson as she arrived in Manhattan to ballyhoo her forthcoming movie, Sunset Boulevard, in which she plays a faded movie queen dreaming of a comeback. "They always have me about 80 or 90 years old. For the record ... I was born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Thoughts & Afterthoughts | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

...years ago they changed their name, made some replacements and got the band into high gear. They made a hit playing a "casual"-a high-school country club dance. Then they landed a date playing once a week in Beverly Boulevard's Beverly Cavern when oldtime Jazzman Kid Ory was taking his night off. Comic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: That Good-Time Sound | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

...Time to Talk. Evening Moscow's "brigade" of reporters singled out the Express, on Flower Boulevard, for the brunt of their criticism. "The projection hall is in a very pitiful state," they wrote. "The walls are peeling and dirty, the chairs are broken. The customers have to sit in the dark before the show starts. Those who sit in the last rows get frozen, because the exit into the street is just behind them. The screen cannot be seen well from the last rows. When the customers complain, the manager explains: 'You cannot see if you are small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: A Night at the Movies | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

Last week, a few days after Paul Pettit graduated, the bids were opened in the movie man's offices on Los Angeles' Sunset Boulevard. The winning bid: a $100,000 offer from the Pittsburgh Pirates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bonus Baby | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

...neighbors on San Francisco's Geary Boulevard were excited this week about the breakup of the Fosters, who have been married for 25 years. But it was not the usual kind of family breakup. Don Foster was setting out to be a monk and, if all goes well, his wife May will become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Decision | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

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