Word: clara
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There are many other purely local theme parks that rate a visit: notably Marriott's Great America in Santa Clara, Calif.; Nashville's Opryland, celebrating every mode of American music; and even the revivified Coney Island. They all offer an escape for a day-or two-into a world of myth and hokum, melody and bang-bang, insubstantial pageants and cloud-capp'd towers...
...loft and a berserk florist's, with wooden-slat love seats hung by chains from the ceiling, planters full of chrysanthemums, floor-to-ceiling mirrors and South American fishing baskets. Says Co-Owner Rick Parker, 23: "We built it to attract females." It does; they favor dark-red Clara Bow lips, heavy smoky eyelids and multilayered mascara, with plumage ranging from see-through sheers to stretchy tube tops and gauzy drawstring trousers. Among holders of some 200 VIP cards are Liz Ray, Senator S.I. Hayakawa and sundry Washington Redskins...
...Clara P. Trefethen...
Died. Ricardo Cortez, 77, suave silent-screen star who appeared in more than 350 movies; in Manhattan. Born Jack Krantz, he changed his name when Hollywood producers slated him to follow Rudolph Valentino in romantic parts with such actresses as Greta Garbo, Clara Bow and Dolores Del Rio. As a boy, he was a runner on Wall Street, and in later life became a stockbroker...
...November 22, 1909, Clara Lemlich called for a resolution to strike at a mass meeting of garment workers in New York City. Thirty-thousand unorganized workers answered the call. The uprising of the women shirtwaist makers led to the successful signing of full union contracts for 312 shops in New York. The strike lasted 13 weeks despite police beatings and mass arrests...