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Word: divorcee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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As the second phase of its activities the group will present in February a program of three one-act farces, each using a different cast and director. The plays will be Maitre Pierre Pathelin by an anonymous 15th century author, Cervantes' Judge of the Divorce Court, and Prevert's The...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot House Drama Group to Star Untried Actors in Weekly Readings | 10/25/1958 | See Source »

Scratched. In Sydney, Australia, Norma Mary Dan, 33, won a divorce after testifying that her husband had poured itching powder on her bed several times, doused her clothes in acid "so that they just fell apart as I moved."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 20, 1958 | 10/20/1958 | See Source »

Frozen Beef. In Sacramento, Calif., Loretta Weyant was granted a divorce on her testimony that after an argument, her husband had hung her from a meat hook in her restaurant's cold-storage room for two hours.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 13, 1958 | 10/13/1958 | See Source »

Two for the Seesaw balances a downhearted Omaha lawyer, looking for a divorce, with a Bronx-to-Bohemia hoyden, in a funny, moving glimpse of offbeat New York life; with Dana Andrews and Anne Bancroft.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Oct. 13, 1958 | 10/13/1958 | See Source »

Yule Hog. In Milwaukee, Mrs. Audrey Lenz, 24, sued for divorce, charged that her three children had to depend on the St. Vincent de Paul Society for Christmas presents, while her husband, John, 28 bought himself an electric train.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 6, 1958 | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

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