Word: clare
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that he probably could never have gained by anything so uncomplicated as dying. One by one, colleagues of both parties rose to praise him, his habits, his "fine character," his sobriety, his gentlemanly conduct, his achievements in behalf of his state and the nation. "Never," cried Michigan's Clare Hoffman, "have I smelled liquor on his breath." The entire Republican delegation from New York (with the exception of Hall) joined in sending Cole a letter of praise and commendation...
...perhaps the most successful missionary of them all. He brought into the Church such unlikely prospects as Colonel Horace Mann of Tennessee, credited with leading a mudslinging campaign against Catholic Al Smith; Heywood Broun, archliberal freethinker; Louis Budenz, managing editor of the Communist Daily Worker. Other notable converts: Author Clare Boothe Luce, Violinist Fritz Kreisler, Broadway Stage Designer Jo Mielziner, Motor Scion Henry Ford II. Recently, he has been giving instruction to the wife of a diplomat and to Screen Star Virginia Mayo. He has converted thousands of unknown people, including a hard-boiled bank robber. Says...
Whitman-Eliot won the Radcliffe intramural basketball championship yesterday, defeating Cabot, 25 to 16, in the Annex Gym. Clare Douglas paced the winners with nine points, while Sheila Gow of Cabot also tallied nine...
Child of Morning has Margaret O'Brien in a hectic role of Clare Boothe's very mystic and moral play. 8:30 at the Shubert...
Margaret O'Brien won herself a new title in her stage debut last Monday night. Playing in Clare Booth Luce's "Child of the Morning," she proves herself not only the best sniveler in the movies, but the best sniveler in the theatre as well. In that capacity she is well fitted for the play, a sermon that should never have stumbled onto the stage...