Word: plushier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Martha Raye, hippo-mouthed comedienne, was victimized by a busy Manhattan jewel thief who was cleaning up in plushier neighborhoods. (Voice of the Turtle Producer Alfred de Liagre Jr.'s wife was already out $20,000 worth.) Comedienne Raye, who opened her closet and found her jewel box empty, set her loss at $15,000. Among the 16 whim whams missing: 1) a diamond-&-ruby ring (one kite diamond, one 32-karat diamond, 28 bluewhite diamonds, four rubies), 2) a pair of earrings (34 white diamonds, eight baguette diamonds, 3) a diamond-&-topaz ring (18 pearl-shaped diamonds...
...wartime casualty among the plushier prep schools last week was Connecticut's Avon School, formerly Avon Old Farms. Its founder, solid, idiosyncratic Mrs. Theodate Pope Riddle, announced that it would close in June due to war conditions...