Word: lee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...final victory over polio. Among the models were austerely beautiful Mrs. William Randolph Hearst Jr. (who displayed what Couturier Charles James called "the highest bust line in 125 years"), socially registered Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, TV Star Margaret Truman, and split-bustled sometime Stripteaser-Novelist Gypsy Rose Lee. Bubbled Gypsy: "I don't worry about shoes. When they start looking at my shoes, I'll retire...
After the state dinner and prescribed night in the White House, the Magloires moved across the street to Blair-Lee House, later laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Shortly after noon, the House of Representatives' doorkeeper boomed: "The President of the Republic of Haiti!" and Magloire strode in to address a joint session of Congress. His aim, he said, is to make his country totally immune to Communism by raising the national standard of living...
...Fitzgerald-Buddy Rich troupe, which grossed a record-breaking $103,500, came first. Others followed fast. Drummer Gene Krupa was drummed in by a corps of Aussie drummers beating out Sing, Sing, Sing. Crooner Johnnie Ray touched off the wildest teen-age hysteria in Australian history. Stripper Gypsy Rose Lee was condemned by both the Baptist and Roman Catholic churches. Crooner Nat "King" Cole summed it up: ""Boy, no artist can afford to leave out Australia...
...Australia entertainment relay was started by a 35-year-old Florida showman named Lee Gordon. He found that most of the entertainers touring Australia were British or else molto serioso musicians. But he also found that most of the local films and records were made in the U.S., decided that Australia was hungry for American entertainers. By booking big names into big boxing stadiums, he could afford to pay expensive air fares and still show a profit...
...half-time last week the powerful Minnesota team had rolled up an overwhelming lead over plucky but outmanned Rutgers. The Gophers displayed the same superb timing and lightning attack that had already humbled such foes as Georgia, Northwestern, Washington and Lee, Colorado, Tulane, Illinois and Smith...