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Word: mercerized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Miss Harriette Mercer, 26, a strapping, dusky laundress, was presented to His Highness at a Harlem reception. It was love at first sight; and the fact that the Prince had some four wives-the limit under Mohammedan law-back in Africa seemed unimportant. Before the Prince returned to Paris, where he is correspondent for Le Senegal, West African weekly, they were engaged to be married. Said the Princess-to-be last week before she sailed to join her fiance: "Every girl dreams of meeting a Prince and marrying him, and it looks like my dream will come true. . . . I really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRENCH WEST AFRICA: Cinderella | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

...Camel cigarets, Lyricist Johnny Mercer wrote and sang a five-stanza Calypso-style greeting, set to Benny Goodman's music. Excerpts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Radio Curtsies | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...complete list of members of the new Council is as follows: Henry A. Burgess '40, Blair Clark '40, William C. Coleman '40, Mason Fernald '40, Theodore L. Hazlett '40, Thomas V. Healey '40, Frederick Holdworth, Jr. '40 Ward MacL. Hussey '40, James D. Lightbody '40, Douglas Mercer '40, Phil C. Neal '40, Seth C. Crocker '41, William L. Healy '41, Robert A. James '41 Spencer A. Klaw '41, Langdon P. Marvin '41, and Homer D. Peabody...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Council Meets Tonight To Elect Officers for 1939-40 | 6/2/1939 | See Source »

...Henry A. Burgess Blair Clark William C. Coleman Mason Fernald Theodore L. Hazlett Thomas V. Healey Frederick Holdsworth, Jr. Ward MacL. Hussey James D. Lightbody Douglas Mercer Phil C. Neal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seven Sophomores and Juniors Are Named to Student Council | 5/31/1939 | See Source »

Four instead of the usual five Juniors were appointed because of the ties between James Light body and Douglas Mercer in the election. Blair Clark, President of the CRIMSON, is one out-of-house representative...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seven Sophomores and Juniors Are Named to Student Council | 5/31/1939 | See Source »

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