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Word: donning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Mrs. Maria Magdalene Sieber, better known as Marlene Dietrich, cast her first vote as a U. S. citizen in Beverly Hills, Calif. Asked how she voted on Ham & Eggs, Marlene said: "When I became a citizen they told me my vote was sacred-and for that reason I don'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 20, 1939 | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Broadway is a gold mine for Kaufman, but he never rests on his ores. He is just as apt to start thinking up a new play when he has a smash hit as when he has a flop. A friend has said that if Kaufman isn't a millionaire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Past Master | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Lacking the courage to stay away, he goes to all his openings (arriving with the ushers) and suffers through them. He hates first-night audiences-the swishiest and toughest gang in the world-and usually hangs backstage, "so I don't have to look at all those bastards out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Past Master | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

"Contrary to current impression, Sid doesn't spend his days leaning over a washtub and I don't do the ironing," said Partner Shields, kidded by fellow men-about-town. Nevertheless, Socialites Wood and Shields-one the owner of a California gold mine and the other a Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Rackets and Washtubs | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Constancia de la Mora was born in Madrid, in 1906. Her grandfather Don Antonio, an old man of majestic beauty, was Spain's greatest statesman; and she was subjected to the petrifying education which was the privilege of females of her class. When she was 20, in spotless ignorance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Spanish Histories | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

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