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Word: gwendolyn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week Gwendolyn Cafritz, lithe, lynx-eyed wife of Washington Real Estate Millionaire Morris Cafritz (rhymes with "Say Fritz") stepped forward to take Perle Mesta's place. From her luxurious mansion on Foxhall Road, Mrs. Cafritz issued invitations to a mint julep and steak party this week at the Cafritz estate. The guest list, if all showed up, was almost as impressive as a Mesta fiesta. Among those invited: Vice President Barkley, the John Snyders, the Clark Cliffords, Generals Omar Bradley and Hoyt Vandenberg, a hatful of ambassadors and Cabinet members, and General Dwight D. Eisenhower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITAL: Life Among the Party-Givers | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

Robert Flemming and Jane Baxter are more than perfect as Algy and Cecily, but the brave attempts of Pamela Brown, miscast in the part of Gwendolyn, are somewhat negated by her unfittingly low voice. The decor by Motley is more than suitable: it rivals the more famous work of Cecil Beaton on this year's "Lady Windermere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 2/12/1947 | See Source »

Alarm-Clock Conscience. In St. Louis, Mrs. Gwendolyn Shelton, who makes a living waking people up by telephone, had a new customer: a woman who wanted to be called up every night at 10 and ordered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 21, 1942 | 12/21/1942 | See Source »

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