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...Hirschfeld's first wife, Florence Hobby, was a showgirl from "Earl Carroll's Vanities" whose stage name was Flo Allen. But his true love was his second wife, Dolly Haas. Dorothy Louise Clara Haas was born, in 1910, in Hamburg to a German mother and an English bookseller father. As a teenager she appeared in "The Mikado," "The Merry Widow," Wedekind's "Franziska" and a Max Reinhardt spectacle. In theater or cabaret, the redheaded "flapper" was a beguiling presence. By the age of 20 Haas was starring in an Ufa movie with her own name in the title ("Dolly Gets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: The Fun in Al Hirschfeld | 1/29/2003 | See Source »

...what does it take to ace the Putnam? It's not about memorizing theorems. "The Putnam does not try to measure mathematical knowledge," says Leonard Klosinski, director of the competition and a professor of math at Santa Clara University in California. "What it does test is the ability to solve very challenging problems in a fixed period of time. Students who do well are mathematically gifted, very quick and highly creative." The past winners aren't exactly household names--unless you live in an extremely enlightened household--but they include Richard Feynman and Kenneth Wilson, two Nobel prizewinners. Three Putnam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crunching the Numbers | 12/23/2002 | See Source »

...Harvard men’s water polo team finished its weekend series in California with a 3-2 record. The Crimson (11-4) began with a victory over Santa Clara Friday night and went on to finish 13th at the NorCal Tournament held at Berkeley...

Author: By Jane V. Evans, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Water Polo Comes Back From Northern California As Winners | 10/8/2002 | See Source »

...Santa Clara 2, Harvard...

Author: By Anastasios G. Skalkos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Soccer Ends Up Winless Out West | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

Harvard posted another solid first half as the defensive unit of Nechtem, Michael Cornish, Andrew Old and Jason Andersen combined to keep Santa Clara (5-3-1) off the board...

Author: By Anastasios G. Skalkos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Soccer Ends Up Winless Out West | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

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