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...sold 8,519,000 copies (at 20? a copy) over the past 39 years. *Jan. 19 is also the birthday of her two children. * Last year Oveta Hobby was eleventh on the list of the world's best-dressed women, in a tie with Mamie Eisenhower. *"Call me Madam," said Frances Perkins, the first woman Cabinet member, on her first day in office-and gave herself a title she has regretted ever since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Lady in Command | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

...unsteadied by the effects of bombs that landed nearby during the war. One night a London bobby called at the front door with an expression of injured dignity. It seems that a piece of the roof had fallen, missing his head by a scant few feet. Said he: "Madam, your house is a menace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Apr. 27, 1953 | 4/27/1953 | See Source »

...Call Me Madam. Ethel Merman sparkplugs a big, bouncy movie version of her Broadway hit musical about a diamond-in-the-rough lady ambassador (TIME, March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Apr. 27, 1953 | 4/27/1953 | See Source »

...Call Me Madam. Ethel Merman sparkplugs a big, bouncy movie version of her Broadway hit musical about a diamond-in-the-rough lady ambassador (TIME, March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Apr. 20, 1953 | 4/20/1953 | See Source »

...Miss Merman's one-sided telephone chats with "Harry" get a little routine and if her romance with Sanders is inspired too often by her million dollars, it doesn't matter much. As long as Call Me Madam has Ethel Merman for its head lady, it can brazen out any lapse...

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, | Title: Call Me Madam | 4/6/1953 | See Source »

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