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Word: helen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Harvard's first woman faculty member, Dr. Helen Maud Cam, became the first female to attend chapel services since public prayer was instituted at the university 312 years ago. This left Harvard only one male sanctuary-the press box at Soldiers Field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Dec. 6, 1948 | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

Electric Theater (Sun. 9 p.m., CBS). Helen Hayes in Dark Victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Dec. 6, 1948 | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...director Peter Temple revealed that Barbara Laughton, Miss Massachusetts of 1948, will portray Helen of Troy in the Shakespearian comedy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Miss Massachusetts' Will Play HTW's Helen of Troy | 12/3/1948 | See Source »

Miss Laughton was selected only after a long search to find some one who could fill the requirements of classical beauty posed by the part, Temple said. When Helen reigned as beauty queen of Troy, fashion had it that women were of generous proportions. Padding was a term used only to describe a cat's means of locomotion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Miss Massachusetts' Will Play HTW's Helen of Troy | 12/3/1948 | See Source »

...measurements that brought Miss Laughton the modern beauty prize are the same the ancients appreciated. HTW's Helen distributes 143 pounds over 5 ft., 10 in. Her vital statistics are 36"-26"-36," reading from top to bottom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Miss Massachusetts' Will Play HTW's Helen of Troy | 12/3/1948 | See Source »

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