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Word: hotspurs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there are always people who ask about "Dutchess Hotspur." "That," says Palmer, "is not my department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Water-Witches, 'Dutchess Hotspur' Keep Widener Executives Guessing | 8/6/1946 | See Source »

Married. Hugh Algernon Percy, 32, tenth Duke of Northumberland, lineal descendant of Shakespeare's Harry Hotspur and of Charles II; and Lady Elizabeth Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 24, daughter of the eighth Duke of Buccleuch, whose Scottish ancestors feuded with the English Percys for four centuries; both for the first time; in Westminster Abbey, London, with the Royal Family present. The duke crossed the border on a black charger to court his bride in true Percy style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 24, 1946 | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

Rosamond Marshall, best-selling peeper into milady's chamber (Duchess Hotspur), explained why women were outdoing men in writing best-sellers about bedrooms. "Men are too inhibited,'' said she. "They cannot write a good book dealing with sex without getting themselves in it. They are, to put it bluntly, too muscle-bound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 27, 1946 | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

...Lady Percy, wife of Hotspur in Shakespeare's Henry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLISHING: The Professors Step Out | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

...turned into a bland costume piece by Hollywood, wrote her first novel (30 pages) at seven. Its conclusion: "He gazed into her eyes and said, 'Will you marry me?' Only the stars heard the answer as they crept under the bushes." No such childish restraint mars Duchess Hotspur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLISHING: The Professors Step Out | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

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