Word: finalities
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Embarrassing questions kept following them. In December Rita's divorce from Orson became final; two weeks later, in New York, she hustled aboard the Britannic with her daughter Rebecca, 4, firmly in tow. Aly Khan was also aboard. Mother & daughter spent Christmas at Aly's County Kildare estate near Dublin. From Ireland, Rita and Rebecca went via London to Switzerland, where they visited with Aly and his two sons, Karim Aga, 12, and Amyon Mohammed, 11. After two weeks of skiing, the party pulled up again on the Riviera. There the engagement was announced, two months before...
...Rita planned to start work on a new film by the end of the year. Back at the party, Rita sank down next to the old Aga Khan. "Too much caviar, Rita," he murmured, "too much caviar." International News Service's starry-eyed Louella Parsons heaved a final sigh. The groom, she reported, "wearying but still buoyant, dropped on one knee and, with old-world gallantry, kissed her [Rita's] slipper...
...Stars and led, 3-0, but their hearts weren't really in it. The familiar air of tension and desperation, compounded with an occasional "Hampden roar" (a sustained Scottish cheer which becomes so engulfing that mikes have to be turned down until it ceases), were missing. Final score: Scotland 6, St. Louis...
...Adam (adapted from Pat Frank's novel by Jack Kirkland; produced by Mr. Kirkland) was the season's final play and worst experience. It concerned the one man in the world who had not been left sterile by an atomic explosion. Plugging doggedly away, Adapter Kirkland (Tobacco Road) left no phrase unturned that might possibly call forth a snicker. But Mr. Adam was worse than vulgar; it was almost maddeningly boring. By week's end it had followed the season to the grave...
Fine Harvard crews seem as dependable these days as final exams in June. This year Tom Bolles has manufactured--with the aid of some extraordinary oarsmen--two boats which have swept every regatta with little trouble. In the course of the season, the Crimson has beaten every major college in the East and has left no doubts as to its pre-eminence...