Word: poetesses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...eldest son of Jinnah Poonja, a wealthy Karachi dealer in gum arabic and hides. The boy grew up in an atmosphere of wealth among a doting family. After going to school in Bombay and Karachi, young Jinnah, "a tall thin boy in a funny long yellow coat," as Poetess Sarojini Naidu described him, went to England. At the age of 16 he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn to read law. Soon after Jinnah returned to India, his father lost his money. Three hard, jobless years followed, until briefs and money started coming...
...Even Poetess Naidu found little warmth in Jinnah: "Somewhat formal and fastidious and a little aloof and imperious of manner. . . . Tall and stately, but thin to the point of emaciation, languid and luxurious of habit, Jinnah's attenuated form is the deceptive sheath of a spirit of exceptional vitality and endurance...
...left by the defunct Advocate. Although there has been student representation in its pages, the Wake has been chiefly devoted to special issues and the works of established writers. The Wake plans to continue its occasional appearances even if the Advocate does revive, and an issue on English poetess Edith Sitwell is contemplated for next Fall...
...Victoria Ocampo and Nobel Prizewinner Gabriela Mistral were born on the same day, April 7, but the Chilean poetess is two years older...
Stacy was a born fixer. When Lieut. "Slick" Novak, submarine commander and U.S. Hero No. 1, came to Manhattan on leave, Stacy fixed a little dinner party. He sat Slick next to full-blown Peggy Markham. Just to make it look like a foursome, Stacy also invited Poetess Susan Grieve, who was unpoetically cold and prim. Stacy ordered lots of drinks, and soon Slick and Peggy were giving each other appraising glances in the manner of "two cobras raising their heads from the grass." Stacy hastily whistled up a taxi for them. Then, suddenly, everything misfired; poor Stacy found himself...