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Word: cream (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tact & Courtesy. The wedding festivities last week were opened by Countess di Frasso with a dinner and dance at the Whip Club, which steamed along until 7 in the morning. The guests, as one of them put it, were "not only the cream of Roman society, but the cream of the cream." There was Vittoria Caetani, Dowager Duchess of Sermoneta, ex-lady in waiting to the ex-Queen of Italy. Her latest book, Sparkle Distant Worlds, is quite sad: "Now we began hearing of the first horrors of war, Poland invaded . . . a British passenger steamer sunk off the Hebrides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERIPATETICS: And Circuses | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

...boys haven't had too much of a chance to practice," he says. "They have to study, you know, and many of them will go into their events tomorrow evening fresh from exams taken during the day." This, plus the fact that the Crimson entries will be facing the cream of collegiate track athletics should mean a tough night ahead for the runners...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Track Squad Enters 16 In K of C Meet Tomorrow Night | 1/21/1949 | See Source »

Briggs Hall residents got a boomerang "thank you" for their pre-Christmas party for settlement house children when a quartet of seven-year-old boys descended on the dorm last Sunday for more Radcliffe entertainment--and ice cream...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Youngsters Storm Briggs Hall To Demand Repeat of Xmas Party | 1/19/1949 | See Source »

...nice time at the party. Thank you for playing games. I enjoy the ice cream, Christmas present. I like the candy and the Jinger ale, had fun with the magic art game. Thank you for everything sincerely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Youngsters Storm Briggs Hall To Demand Repeat of Xmas Party | 1/19/1949 | See Source »

...aunt chip and everyone else. I am having fun at home. Thank you for the nice party I had a nice time playing games. I liked the ice cream and candy and cookies and ginger ale. I liked the Christmas presents. I had fun with the magic art game, thank you for everything. I sent the car as a white rapped gift over to Europe for the poor children. see you next year. wright soon. Sencurly yours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Youngsters Storm Briggs Hall To Demand Repeat of Xmas Party | 1/19/1949 | See Source »

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