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Word: orphaning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...orphan from an early age, Henri learned the mysteries of his profession from his foster brother, Jean Camous, became a precocious adept. At ten he had embarked on his career, soon found there was more to it than gravy. In England he nearly starved, but he learned the language and what little there was to know about English cookery. His peregrinations over Europe in pursuit of his muse were interrupted by military service, but even in the army his talents came to the fore, got him the pleasant billet of cook to a general. A civilian again, he married, took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Crepes Suzette | 11/12/1934 | See Source »

...story of "Marie Galante" is an adventurous one. An orphan, Marie is the pet of the town which supports her by allowing her to deliver telegrams to congenial owners of little shops and cafes. Her innocent beauty strikes the eye of a sinister ship captain, who shanghai's her as soon as alcohol has relieved him of his scanty scruples. The ship turns out to be the vessel of a group whose every effort is bent upon keeping the powers at sword's edge, a sort of munitions-makers' fairy godmother. At the moment this virtuous band is plotting...

Author: By S. M. B., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/6/1934 | See Source »

Died. Edward West ("Daddy") Browning. 59, eccentric Manhattan real-estate tycoon and orphan fancier; of a heart attack following pneumonia and cerebral hemorrhage; in Scarsdale, N. Y. His antics, matrimonial and otherwise, with Frances ("Peaches") Heenan (see p. 53) and other girls adopted by him, made bales of lurid copy, sent Manhattan tabloid circulation soaring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 22, 1934 | 10/22/1934 | See Source »

Before one dawn last week Mrs. Amelia Toner, 27, lay alone with her unborn baby in a rented Brooklyn bedroom. Her Irish husband had deserted her. Her other four children were in a Catholic orphan asylum on Staten Island. No companion stood by for her impending travail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Births | 9/24/1934 | See Source »

...touch. Pepe liked the life, however, learned all the dissolute extracurricular tricks. When his father arranged a marriage between him and Pilár, known to be a beauty, thought to be an heiress, Pepe quickly found she was too saintly for his taste. Left a penniless orphan by the death of her scheming grandmother, Pilár was jilted by Pepe. Don Jose took her into his household where both he and Juan fell in love with her. But Pilar's saintliness was too much for them: when Juan realized that she was as impregnable as his father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Toro! | 7/9/1934 | See Source »

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