Word: hubbardism
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...Marx bought the red brick house for his first wife during World War II, but before they could move in, Renee Freda Marx died of cancer. After that, says Rosie O'Donnell, "Lou was both father and mother" to his children: Barbara, now 26, wife of Artist-Writer Earl Hubbard; Louis Jr., 24, a Princeton graduate, now a Marine lieutenant; Jacqueline ("Jackie"), a pretty, dark-haired Vassar graduate who joins New Jersey Republican Senator Case's Washington staff next month; and Patricia ("Patty"), 17, a freshman at Stanford...
...phrases he wants to transfer to his vocabulary. These are later typed by a secretary in a series of black books that Marx carries everywhere, studies in idle moments. For an hour, three or four times a week, he dons sneakers, a grey sweat suit and a Mother Hubbard bonnet that ties under his chin. With a black book in hand, he trots briskly around his driveway or the roof of his office building on lower Fifth Avenue as he memorizes new words. "After a stiff workout," says a friend, "Lou's breath comes in polysyllables...
Publisher Patterson had seized a rare opportunity to buy a big magazine on its way down. In the hotly competitive race for the farm market, Curtis' venerable (102-year-old) Country Gentleman has been stumbling. "The magazine," says one competitor, "has become a sort of a Mother Hubbard, covering everything and touching nothing.'' Since its peak war years, Country Gentleman has been gradually losing advertising. Curtis started to try to bail out the sick monthly last year by changing its name to Better Farming, but the transformation had barely started when along came the offer from Farm...
...singers were equally right and equally impressive. "Brilliant," again, is the only word for Elisabeth Hubbard as Mrs. Peachum. Not only is her voice magnificent, but her acting is equal to the rigorous demands of Weill's music. Her cruelty and cynicism give added dimension to numbers like "The Ballad of Survival" and "The Ballad of Dependency." Bronia Sielewicz, as the prostitute Jenny, will make even the most sentimental viewer forgive her for replacing the familiar German accent of Lotte Lenya. "The Pirate Jenny" and "The Solomon Song" are two of the best examples of Weill and Brecht...
...University crew at Red Top was stroked by a junior, John Watts, with other '29crs at how, number three, number six, and number seven. These were J. DeW. Hubbard, W. T. Emmet, captain-elect F. A. Clark, and Guy Murchio. Allerton Cushman, B. J. Harrison, and C. MeK, Norton were on the second boat, while James deNormandie, F. E. Farnsworth, F. B. Lee, and J. A. Swords pulled on the first 150 pound crew...