Word: brightest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Asked about the future of women in publishing, Fleur Cowles, purring dynamo of Flair and other Cowles publications (Look, Quick), was hopeful: "It's the brightest, most glorious future one can imagine. But why ask me? Look at the other women whose literary lights have guided them into editorships. At this time, maybe, just maybe, mine was shining just a little brighter...
...Bikini bathing suits. Explains he: "French girls, have short legs. Swimsuits have to be hiked up at the sides to make their legs look longer." Cole's new bathing suits, as form-fitting as ever, go in heavily for vertical patterns to help the wearer look slim. The brightest eye catcher on display was a lace & jersey suit sparkling with 24-karat gold. Price...
...time spring comes again, Bostonians should be spelling "Theater" the British way, with a "re." The brightest local season in many years seems to be well on the way, with British imports especially promising. Plays already opened are "Season in the Sun," "Black Chiffon," and "The Curious Savage"; in the musical field, "Pardon Our French" and "Call Me Madam." Incredible though it may appear, every one of these five shows has hit possibilities. They are all in excellent condition for a Boston tryout, and they will improve even more before opening in New York...
...pretty certain that the Aurora Borealis is caused by something, presumably hydrogen, that is shot out of sunspots. For one thing, bright auroras generally appear about 15 hours after a sunspot has moved to a point on the sun directly opposite the earth. But proof was lacking; even the brightest auroras were too faint and diffuse to be studied spectrographically by existing instruments. Last week the proof was in hand: a few smudged bands on two photographic plates...
Died. Giuseppe De Luca, 73, Rome-born operatic baritone, one of the brightest stars of the Metropolitan's "Golden Age"; in Manhattan. He sang in the world premiere of Madame Butterfly (Milan, 1904), was in the cast when Rosa Ponselle, Marion Talley, Ezio Pinza, Lily Pons made their Metropolitan debuts, when Enrico Caruso sang his last aria...