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Word: fernandez (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Prison, which has electrocuted only seven women in its history, went to considerable trouble and expense in preparing to execute Martha Beck, the "Lonely Hearts" murderess. To accommodate Mrs. Beck-who beat another woman's brains out after plotting the deed with a greasy-haired Romeo named Raymond Fernandez-Sing Sing reopened the woman's wing of the death house and hired four female helpers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Human Thing To Do | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

City Across the River (Universal-International), based on Irving Shulman's novel, The Amboy Dukes, and solemnly introduced by Drew Pearson, is another slum drama with a social message. It tells the story of a Brooklyn kid (Peter Fernandez) who joins a tough street gang (the "Dukes") and quickly goes wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 25, 1949 | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

...Dukes, and notably Peter Fernandez and Al Ramsen, give excellent performances. They do so well, in fact, that they could get along without any help from Pundit Pearson, who shows up again at the end to preach the moral. In the process, he almost pulls the teeth of a film that has a lot of bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 25, 1949 | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

When swarthy, oily-voiced Raymond Martinez Fernandez began wooing lonely widows, he was amazed by his own gift for bringing happiness to others. Though he assiduously mulcted his sweethearts of their savings, they fairly beamed with gratitude at his attentions. But little Ray's gift was his undoing-he attracted his own nemesis, Mrs. Martha Jule Beck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Big Martha | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

Three weeks ago, Chile's wide-awake President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla announced that his government welcomed Harry Truman's plan. He began holding daily cabinet sessions on the subject, and told Under Secretary of Economy and Commerce Raul Fernandez to draw up a brochure for presentation to the State Department early in March. It will list the industries Chile hopes to establish, specify which parts of the country are best suited to each, and how much of what type of capital each will require...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good Partners | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

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