Word: martha
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...BEST OF THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 1915-1950 (369 pp.)-Edited by Martha Foley-Houqhton Mifflin...
...Martha Foley, who took over O'Brien's job in 1941, has combed 35 annual anthologies and selected from them the 25 "best best" stories. The result, though highly readable, has some notable gaps. Because Editor Foley chose to abide by the judgments of earlier years, she had to pass up such masterpieces as Sherwood Anderson's Triumph of the Egg and Conrad Aiken's Silent Snow, Secret Snow, which somehow never made the yearly collections. Some master storytellers, among them Willa Cather, Katherine Anne Porter and John O'Hara, do not appear, while William...
Agnes had her dancing debut in the late '20s, in the days when Martha Graham was pioneering modern dance. Agnes was soon a close admirer of that fiercely esthetic priestess, but she never became an acolyte. It has been the distinction of Dancer de Mille's career that although her talent is small, it is strong: she has danced at every step to tunes of her own choosing...
...Victor Show (Fri. 8 p.m., NBC). Starring Ezio Pinza. Guest: Martha Wright...
...Star Revue (Sat. 8 p.m., NBC). Starring Martha Raye...