Word: marquisate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Count de Gastyne, Marquis de St. Maur and Viscount de Montauriant, fought with the French underground in his teens, and in 1947 came to the U.S., where his dazzling piano-playing soon won him scholarship grants at the University of Portland and the Eastman School of Music. Between studies he...
Died. Marquis James, 64, two-time Pulitzer Prizewinner* for history (The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston, Andrew Jackson; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Rye, N.Y. Of historical writing, he said: "Many good writers . . . are lazy and shallow about their research . . . most of the . . . competent researchists can't write...
Suffering from an acute sense of insecurity and flickering suspicions, Ann Woodward sometimes created volcanic public scenes with her husband. In El Morocco one night, she scratched Bill Woodward's face until it bled, after he pulled out a handkerchief with a lipstick stain on it. At the Marquis...
Among the supporting players, only Gregory Lafayette leaves a considerable amount to be desired. The affectations he adopts are the marquis Acaste seem inappropriate, and are the only heavy-handed touch in the entire production. Edith Owen handles the rather unobtrusive part of Eliante in a gentle and completely suitable...
Armed with these basic tools and propelled by the collapse of his father's wine-making interests, Felix stopped into the world of fashion. Though at first only an elevator operator, he quickly changed his station. There followed a dazzling set of conquests for Felix which satisfied him immeasurably. Women...