Word: careers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...started in 1903 when John Drew, an actor, presented his souvenirs and library of theatrical books which he had amassed during his career. Never an institution to look a gift horse in the mouth, the library has since built this humble beginning into a respectable, or rather, an imposing reminder of the glory that was the Theatre...
...Great Adventure. These are the bare external facts of the career of Molotov the Communist. Neglected by many of those who watch him at Paris is the drama-the Great Adventure of the Russian Revolution-which really molded his political character and now determines his every action on the international stage. Molotov threw in his lot with a little group who believed that by brains and ruthlessness and unity they could overthrow a society that other European revolutionaries watched with patient hope for the worst, but no determined plan of attack...
...Clifford Odets, dead-serious dramatist, made a defense of his Hollywood career: "It is good and even useful to be working in a place like Hollywood. . . . It is a good place in which to get one's bearings...
Zita Miller, Park Avenue Glamor girl loudly touted as an authoress before she began writing her first book-something sexy about a girl named Flamingo Duval (TIME, April 1)-nearly had to start her career all over again at the age of 19. She 1) finished the book, 2) lost 16 chapters of the manuscript. They turned up a few days later in one of the very best restaurants...
...jump out of bed at 4 a.m., always had a full day of it. Along with his art, he occupied himself in learning seven languages, riding his Spanish horses every afternoon, and discovering everything there was to know about ancient sculpture, cameos, and Italian architecture. He crowned a career of half-secret diplomacy (interlarded with profitable royal portrait commissions) by temporarily reconciling Philip IV of Spain and Charles I of England. The master seemed to have all the minor gifts too-equanimity, charm, industry and good looks...