Word: kisses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Though he could never forget that he was King, and usually wrote with royal restraint, sometimes, during separations, he wrote her as warmly as any other 16th Century swain, e.g., ". . . Wishing myself (especially of an evening) in my sweetheart's arms, whose pretty duckies I trust shortly to kiss . . ." The real trouble with Henry as a writer of love letters: his emotions always turned out to be so unstable...
...room, in the living room, in the dining room cutting the cake. Where were they going on their honeymoon? "Shangri-La," said Barkley promptly. Wouldn't it be cold this time of year? "We'll warm it up after we get there." Photographers pleaded with him to kiss his bride. "No kisses," said Barkley. "I'll save that for later." Said Mrs. Barkley to Mr. Barkley: "That's awfully fresh...
...Chinese way, and drawing from the shoulder instead of the wrist), and solemnly assured him that had he been born in Europe his name would have been Picasso. The Lucky Strike people asked Foujita for a testimonial; his response (for use in Paris newspapers): "Women like to kiss me because I smoke Lucky Strikes...
...Broadway last week, theatergoers were still flocking to Kiss Me, Kate, the musicomedy hit based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. In the hinterland, to woo theatergoers to her touring production of The Taming of the Shrew, Margaret Webster was billing the old comedy with a new subtitle: "The Original Kiss Me, Kate...
...three hours, through a prologue, three acts and a wedding (only the last part is familiar to most U.S. fans), audiences sat enthralled while Princess Aurora was christened, cursed by the wicked fairy, and put into the long sleep from which she is awakened by the prince's kiss. The third-act duet by Fonteyn, the princess, and Helpmann, the prince, never failed to stop the show. In Swan Lake, few fans had ever seen anything so magnificent as Margot (Queen of the Swans) and her flock (the corps de ballet) huddling and quivering in terror before the evil...