Word: manageress
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...When he was away at school, Jane sent him stamps, among them one of an uncatalogued Antigua issue. But by that time Oliver considered stamp-collecting unmanly. Their mutual interest subsided. They grew up. Years later, when Oliver was a still-unsuccessful novelist and Jane a highly successful actress-manageress with her own theatre, they met again. Again there was a quarrel; the subject of the stamp collection revived. Oliver considered that by this time Jane had forfeited her rights in it, refused to acknowledge her claim. When he went home he looked over the album, rediscovered the Antigua stamp...
...tenor Henrico Ferraro dodges his ranting manageress, Non-Stop Nora, to strike an acquaintanceship with a garrulous and none too scrupulous stranger. When the stranger buys wine with his money, Ferraro does not object. When the stranger takes the liberty of inviting himself into the same hotel room, Ferraro remains tolerant. But when the stranger is mistaken for the tenor, Ferraro is delighted...
Last week $106,000 had been raised, $64,000 less than last year. Operating expenses run to over $200,000 but this year Mrs. Carlyle Scott, the Orchestra's manageress, counts on ticket sales to make up the difference. She hopes for big things from Eugene Ormandy, the youthful, enthusiastic conductor who was called to Minneapolis suddenly last year vice ailing Belgian Henri Verbrugghen (TIME, Nov. 16, 1931). Last week the despaired-of season opened with a concert at the University of Minnesota's Northrop Auditorium. It was an occasion for champagne. Pretty, sparkling Lily Pons appeared...
...Stalin, who is studying chemistry to become the manageress of a Soviet rayon mill, has been cutting classes?the Moscow Press startlingly revealed?and worse than that, two books which she had borrowed from the Chemical Institute's library were overdue last week! For these faults Mrs. Stalin's name was chalked with those of 50 other sinners on the Chemical Institute's black (bad) list. To Moscow newshawks Mrs. Stalin's professors explained very, very carefully that ordinarily she is prompt about returning library books, she had only cut three classes when reprimanded, she is really an exemplary student...