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Word: lubritorium (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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...Ludwig Bemelmans when he wrote of another popular voice (Richard Tauber's) that it made you feel the way you do when a waiter reaches under your overcoat to settle your clothing. Sinatra's voice has become a national feature comparable to Yosemite Valley or the word lubritorium. For Sinatra to have played anyone other than himself would have been as preposterously irreverent as it would be for President Roosevelt to play anyone but F.D.R...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 3, 1944 | 1/3/1944 | See Source »

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