Word: glamorous
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...First Love a deaf tavern boy is entranced by the urgent glamor of Aaron Burr, on the eve of his trial. His deafness becomes a mannered, melodramatic excuse for specialized sensations reported in beautiful prose. But he is never a living creature...
...made a Vice Admiral and given honorary titles in the Army and the R.A.F. Combined Operations was then a stepchild, frowned on by Colonel Blimps, struggling along in hand-me-downs. Smooth Lord Louis made drastic changes, used his influence to get materiel and facilities, lifted Combined Operations to glamor and renown...
...British and U.S. Army education systems. In last week's Nation he cited chapter and verse, was at his caustic best on the subject of the U.S. Army daily paper Stars & Stripes: It "not only carries baseball box scores but has a daily photo of some glamor queen, usually a Hollywood star . . . presumably for the purpose of providing 'pin-ups.' ... In short, nothing is lacking . . . except serious discussion about the meaning of the war and the best means of using the fruits of victory creatively...
...Word got around that they were married. Actor Errol denied it; so did Nora. Her mother, who works in a Los Angeles bakery, told reporters that Nora had said "she didn't know whether she loved him for himself, or whether she just was in love with his glamor. So I kissed her good-by and I haven't heard from her since...
Died. Gloria Gould Bishop Barker, 37, glamor girl of the '20s; by drowning in her swimming pool; near Phoenix, Ariz. A granddaughter of Financier Jay Gould, daughter of Famed Stage Beauty Edith Kingdon Gould, she gave a dance recital at Carnegie Hall when she was 16. She married her first husband at 17, as a playfully ambitious young heiress. Served as a professional greeter at a Broadway movie house and otherwise attracted attention with interviews on marriage, motherhood and careers for women. She deserted society in 1930 after her second marriage, to Contractor Walter McFarlane Barker...