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Died. Margaret Leech Pulitzer, 80, historian who twice won the literary prize established by her father-in-law; of a stroke; in New York City. The wife of Joseph Pulitzer's son Ralph, she wrote three undistinguished novels and was co-author of a play before turning to history in the 1930s. She won her first prize in 1942 with Reveille in Washington, a portrait of the nation's capital during the Civil War; in 1960 she received the second award for In the Days of McKinley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 11, 1974 | 3/11/1974 | See Source »

...makes a fast-talking living by selling just-widowed, bereaved old ladies Bibles that he has personalized in gold on the covers after gleaning the victims' names out of the local want ads. His real-life daughter (Tatum O'Neal) is an 11-year-old tomboy, and a leech so tough that she pulls a quicker con over her big-mouthed but slow-witted Daddy than he'd be willing to admit was possible in real life. Cinema 57. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. every two hours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the screen | 7/17/1973 | See Source »

...makes a fast-talking living by selling just-widowed, bereaved old ladies Bibles that he has personalized in gold on the covers after gleaning the victims' names out of the local want ads. His real-life daughter (Tatum O'Neal) is an 11-year-old tomboy, and a leech so tough that she pulls a quicker con over her big-mouthed but slow-witted Daddy than he'd be willing to admit was possible in real life. Cinema 57. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. every two hours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the screen | 7/10/1973 | See Source »

...makes a fast-talking living by selling just-widowed, bereaved old ladies Bibles that he has personalized in gold on the covers after gleaning the victims' names out of the local want ads. His real-life daughter (Tatum O'Neal) is an 11-year-old tomboy, and a leech so tough that she pulls a quicker con over her big-mouthed but slow-witted Daddy than he'd be willing to admit was possible in real life. Cinema 57. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. every two hours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the screen | 7/6/1973 | See Source »

...makes a fast-talking living by selling just-widowed, bereaved old ladies Bibles that he has personalized in gold on the covers after gleaning the victims' names out of the local want ads. His real-life daughter (Tatum O'Neal) is an 11-year-old tomboy, and a leech so tough that she pulls a quicker con over her big-mouthed but slow-witted Daddy than he'd be willing to admit was possible in real life. Cinema 57. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. every two hours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the screen | 7/2/1973 | See Source »

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