Word: fishbowls
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dormitories and clubs are joining this year in the project which includes food booths, fortune tellers procured by Bertram Hall, a ring toss sponsored by the Catholic Club, and a fishbowl-grab managed by Cabot Hall residents. The Pan American Club has the soft drink concession...
Last week, burbling Cinemactress Billie Burke was called into the studio to pick a name out of a fishbowl. The name happened to belong to Mrs. Edgar Parrett, 56, of Shiprock, N. Mex. That was how Mrs. Parrett became "Queen for a Day" and the winner of a staggering $35,000 assortment of prizes, the biggest, of course, in radio history-at least for a few weeks...
Died. Lieut. Colonel (ret.) Charles Robert Morris, 67, deviser of the pellets-in-a-fishbowl process of drawing the first draft numbers; in Lebanon, N.J. He blindfolded Pellet-Picker Newton D. Baker in the first drawing of World War I, blindfolded Henry L. Stimson in World War II. History-minded, he used the same blindfold in both drawings...
According to the orchestra leader, the modern trend is away from "loud, brassy arrangements" and towards a softer and more musical style. The drive and power which the new ensemble produces more than compensates for the lack of brass. "Down Beat," oracle of the swing world, says "the amazing fishbowl-less Shep Fields band--debuted at the Chicago and surprised local...
...announcement came as a fitting ending to a hectic day for Newman, which had opened with his topping the list of Harvard eligibles in the recent draft lottery. His serial number, 1103, was the second local capsule to be drawn from the fishbowl...