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...apparently doing sensationally well, is singing. His I'll Be Seeing You and Long Ago and Far Away, in phonetic French, makes young Parisians jump up & down, squeal "Bravo . . . Bis! Bis!" and clutter up the stage-door alley for a closer look at Le Crémair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Creamer | 3/12/1945 | See Source »

...William, 63, punch-pleased with the way things were going, broke off his lectures explaining the plan long enough to marry his former secretary, Mrs. Jessy ("Janet") Philip Mair, grandmother and economist in her own right. The marriage, performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Caxton Hall, was Sir William's first. Chirped he: "Though I have known the lady . . . for many years, yet marriage must always be an adventure. Yet my critics say that social security kills that spirit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Plan and the Spirit | 12/28/1942 | See Source »

...Known hitherto as a confirmed bachelor, studious Sir William last week surprised his friends by announcing his engagement to his Scottish sister-in-law, Mrs. Janet Mair, mother of four children and a grandmother to boot. Said she: "I am radiant." Said he:"My future wife is about my own age (63). She's a very charming person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Beveridge Proposes | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

...yard breast stroke--Won by Mair (B); second, Hubbell (H); third, Blair (H). Time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STICKMEN FALL TO INDIANS; SWIMMERS CHALK UP EASY WIN | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

Died. Alexander Mair Stewart, 82, Canadian-born building contractor responsible for the erection of Mitsui Gomei Kaisha bank in Tokyo, the Hotel Savoy in London, Château Frontenac in Quebec, the capitols of Utah, Oklahoma, Idaho, Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, and in Washington the Interstate Commerce, Department of Labor and U. S. Chamber of Commerce buildings; of heart disease; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 1, 1940 | 1/1/1940 | See Source »

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