Word: oscarization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...listener. Samples: Ben Hur's chariot, the lost arms of the Venus de Milo, a keyhole, Harvey (Mary Chase's mythical rabbit). An offstage filter mike confidentially cuts listeners in on the secret. Producer Herb Polesie (rhymes with so-lazy) provides the humor, asking such Oscar Levantine questions as "Can I give it to my mother-in-law?" or "Can I do it to my wife?" But the program's popularity is due largely to the expert questioning of Fred, Florence and Bobby Van Deventer, who have learned to narrow the field of possibility so quickly that...
...OSCAR WILDE: HIS LIFE AND WIT (345 pp.) - Hesketh Pearson - Harper...
...Oscar Homolka, male star of I Remember Mama, was sued for divorce by his third wife, Florence, daughter of ex-Washington Post publisher Eugene Meyer. She said that he was cruel...
...master diagnostician, specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of once incurable subacute bacterial endocarditis, more widely known for his offhand feats of medical clairvoyance (he predicted Warren G. Harding's death after seeing him at a dinner party; muttered "enlarged gall bladder" after a first quick glance at Oscar Levant); after an intestinal operation; in Manhattan. In accordance with his wish, an autopsy was performed...
...departure highlighted a-general trend in Washington: many another able man had left since the end of the war, and for the same reason (Oscar Cox, Albert Browning, Abe Fortas, Daniel W. Bell, et aL). Congress was making motions towards raising its own salaries. The same would soon have to be done for administrative offices...