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Word: mother (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Maplewood, N. J., Muriel Bick. 2, sucked a Smith button into her throat. She lived. "Muriel remains a Smith supporter," said Mother Bick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Politicules | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

Robert Marion La Follette, 33, was, of course, re-elected in Wisconsin, much to the satisfaction of his mother, Belle, able widow and onetime helpmate of the last great La Follette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Seventy-First | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

Christened. Paul Joseph William Ziluca, great grandson of General Giuseppe Garibaldi, famed liberator of Italy. His father: Captain Joseph N. Ziluca, war veteran, engineer & architect of Greenwich, Conn. His mother: Donna Josephine Ziluca, sister of General Giuseppe Garibaldi of Stamford. His godfather: Sir Thomas Lipton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 12, 1928 | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

Griffith made her an old woman-the pinchfaced mother in Judith of Bethulia, Intolerance; he made her an outcast girl in Way Down East, Colonel Cameron's sweetheart in Birth of a Nation. She went with him from Biograph to Reliance, Majestic, Fine Arts, Artcraft, First National, United Artists. Somehow, no matter how bad the scenario was, her intelligence brought to certain moments and situations that reality which is the definition of great acting and which Miss Gish's famous frailty, her dimples, her soft, elliptical face, and her pale hair down to her waist could not keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Nov. 12, 1928 | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

...roof. Stunned by the fall, his astonishment is increased by the proximity of Consuelo. His way of expressing his daze is to say "Geez" many times (in throaty Theatre Guild English). There is, of course, an affair and there is a little accident. When Consuelo tells her twice-divorced mother and once-divorced father of her interesting condition, Father cries "Harlot!", Mother cries "Why didn't you tell me?" Only the dowager Mrs. Poole will accept erring granddaughter, riveting grandson-to-be, but Mrs. Poole's acceptance, one presumes, is sufficient for Manhattan. The veteran Henrietta Crosman does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 12, 1928 | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

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