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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Poor Adriana did not have her mother's business sense. She liked her work so much that the money was secondary, sometimes gave herself to her customers "out of physical exuberance." At times, she thought about a cute cottage, husband and kids (she had first been seduced by a chauffeur who promised her all that). But she thought just as often about "how I enjoyed love-making and money and the things money can provide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: For Love or Money | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

...announcement was made at a meeting of alumni at the University Club in New York, marketing the first anniversary of the establishment of the Foundation. Also at the meeting, state chairmen reported on the Foundation's $1,000,000 drive to help finance the Graduate Center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $50,000 Donated to Chem Research; Niemans Collect Money for Center | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

Horwood, who finished first among five competitors, will serve one year in that position and in 1951 he will succeed Charles J. Keaver '51 as varsity manager. Keaver won last year's competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Horwood Is Selected '50 Football Manager | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

...latest production, "The Guardsman," the Brattle Theater Company is relying for the first time on its own resident actors to carry all the major roles. That they can do it successfully should come as no surprise to regular patrons, particularly when the leading roles are handled by such skillful people as Jan Farrand and Robert Fletcher...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

...Guardsman" is the Ferene Molnar play in which the Lamis made their first hit in 1924. It is set in pre-World War 1 Vienna and concerns a celebrated acting couple who find that their love has grown cold after six months of married life. The husband decides to impersonate a Russian guardsman and woo his wife in disguise. To his consternation, he finds he is successful. Of such sophisticated nonsense is "The Guardsman" made...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

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