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Never Wave at a WAC (Independent Artists; RKO Radio) suggests that the ladies of the Women's Army Corps, like the Northwest Mounties, always get their man. The heroines of this romantic recruiting poster are a spoiled Washington hostess (Rosalind Russell) and a stripteaser named Danger O'Dowd (Marie Wilson). Enlistment in the WAC does both of them good. Haughty Rosalind Russell becomes simple and sincere and is reunited with her ex-husband (Paul Douglas). The stripteaser finds true love with a quartermaster sergeant (Leif Erickson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 12, 1953 | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

...result of such protest, and partially because the library's donor, Thomas W. Lamont '92, obliged with funds, the University merely decided to uproot, rather than destroy, the yellow wooden structure. Since 1947 therefore it has squatted between the Union and the Faculty Club, and, provided with a permanent hostess and various pieces of period furniture, has housed an estimated three to four hundred visitors to the University--all of them official guests of varying status...

Author: By David W. Cudhea, | Title: Dana-Palmer House | 12/10/1952 | See Source »

...present full-time hostess, Mrs. Florence Preble, has managed to provide a welcome for her visitors which has left some surprised, and all pleased. "Marvellous," "Wonderful" are the usual superlatives, from such classes of travellers as Ames Competition Judges, endowed lecturers, chancellors of foreign universities, members of the Corporation, Overseers, and honorary degree recipients...

Author: By David W. Cudhea, | Title: Dana-Palmer House | 12/10/1952 | See Source »

...grimy town of Bursley. In grade school, he casually doctors his examination grades to pass with flying colors. Later, as a solicitor's clerk, he blithely adds his name to an invitation list to the fanciest ball of the year, where he boldly dances with the hostess, the Countess of Chell (Valerie Hobson). In time, he inveigles the countess into becoming patroness of a highly profitable thrift club he has set up. Through such bamboozling, Denry becomes wealthy, marries a beautiful young girl (Petula Clark) and gets to be the youngest mayor in Bursley's history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 27, 1952 | 10/27/1952 | See Source »

Radcliffe will play hostess to the Steven-College Conference today and tomorrow, President Wilbur K. Jordan announced last night. The Presidents and two other representatives of Radcliffe, Wellesley, Smith, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Mt. Holyoke, and Barnard will attend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seven Colleges Beg Conference at 'Cliffe | 10/24/1952 | See Source »

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