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Word: grooms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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British-born Finney, who came from a long line of Anglican parsons, learned about horses as a groom and stable boy. He is known for his ability to produce furlongs of equine statistics at the drop of a crop. But his technique is not all smooth talk. At one auction, a heckler who was scornful of the horses up for sale asked Finney: "When are you going to start the dog race?" Snapped Finney: "Just as soon as you can get in shape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: The Horse Traders | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

Straight Answer. In Arnhem, The Netherlands, police were called to break up a near free-for-all between two families at the town hall when, during a marriage ceremony, Registrar R. Kamphuis asked the bride if she would take the groom as her lawful wedded husband and she replied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 17, 1952 | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

Suspense. In New Haven, Conn., the wedding of John Granfield was postponed when, two days before the ceremony, both the prospective groom and his best man brother collapsed with ulcers, were carted off to the hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 3, 1952 | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

...scent of a royal snub. "You notice the Duke of Gloucester wasn't there," said one. "And there wasn't a single member of the royal family in the wedding picture," added another, "except, of course, the Princess Royal, and she had to be-being the groom's mother." "Margaret didn't even bother to wear a new dress," sniffed a third, pointing out (correctly) that the Princess' grey lace had made its debut at Ascot a month before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Buzz-Fuzz | 7/28/1952 | See Source »

Married. Johnnie Ray, 25, sobbing composer-crooner (The Little White Cloud that Cried); and Marilyn Morrison, 22, brunette daughter of a Hollywood nightclub owner; in Manhattan. Most of the wedding party shed a few tears, but the groom was all smiles until he broke down to sing a chorus of Cry for a teen-age delegate from a Brooklyn fan club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 2, 1952 | 6/2/1952 | See Source »

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