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...asked Rita Hayworth what she thought of Esther Williams, and Rita told me she thinks Esther is a good swimmer. Later on I asked Esther about Rita, and she said Rita is a good dancer . . . Curt Jurgens had a simple party at Cap Ferrat-twelve guests, the butler, the chauffeur, the cook, the secretary, one monkey, five parrots, and two dogs . . . Elsa Maxwell, looking like a weather-beaten hill, stood in the lobby of the Excelsior under a big straw hat which made it hard to tell what was front and what was back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Wiener-Schnitzel Winchell | 6/13/1960 | See Source »

...verse of the Bible in Wellesley, Mass, is John 11:35. The reason became obvious this week when 266 boys and girls lined up to collect their cash prizes for memorizing Bible verses. John 11:35 is only two words-"Jesus wept"-and as good for a dollar as Esther 8:9, the longest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Cash for the Bible | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

...Esther 8:9, containing 90 words, details the size and variety of the Persian empire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Cash for the Bible | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

Last week Chairman Pruess offered another explanation: "The fantastic cost of exploiting and promoting the Esther Williams name and likeness." After estimating that the company had paid its glamorous president $607,000 in the past three years, Pruess announced that International's relationship with Miss Williams "no longer exists." Retorted Actress Williams from Hollywood, after pointing out that she had in fact taken less than the 5% a year due her to help out the company: "If a man can't provide a 5% payment on a $10 million gross to the person who is the whole reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RECREATION: Without Liquid Assets | 2/22/1960 | See Source »

...then she hopes to have set up her own "sound, well-capitalized company," or, one way or the other, to market Esther Williams swimming pools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RECREATION: Without Liquid Assets | 2/22/1960 | See Source »

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