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Word: martha (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Albert-Margo act is something new for Waldorf-goers, who are accustomed to such chic acts as French Singer Patachou, Pop Songstress Martha Wright, Spanish Dancer José Greco. Eddie and Margo generate an old-fashioned vaudeville atmosphere, mixed with overtones of marital give & take. The audiences like it, and when Eddie hollers, "There's no business like show business," he seems to be having the best time he's had in years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Virtue of Nightclubs | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

...coof (blockhead), and left with an excess of vowels, he can appear downright dowf (stupid). Last week help came from the colleges, in the form of a special lexicon called What's That Word? (The Times Press, Wakefield, R.I.; 40?). Compiled by two veteran theme correctors-Martha Wright of the University of Massachusetts and Tony Hofford of the University of Rhode Island-the lexicon is not only a handbook on how to dow (prosper) at Scrabble; it is also a treasury of oddments to be mastered in a gliff (instant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: How to Beek in Glory | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

Packard Show (Sun. 9:15 p.m., ABC). Martha Wright, with Ray Middleton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 26, 1954 | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

Packard Show (Sun. 9:15 p.m., ABC). A new show, with Singer Martha Wright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Apr. 19, 1954 | 4/19/1954 | See Source »

...Martha Raye Show (Sat. 9 p.m., NBC). With Rocky Graziano, J. Fred Muggs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Apr. 19, 1954 | 4/19/1954 | See Source »

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