Word: popularized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...After studying the 1948 birth certificates, New York City's Health Department reported that the most popular names for boys were Robert, John, James and Michael; for girls, Barbara, Linda, Patricia and Mary...
...Most popular of the contestants swaying among the klieg-lighted diners was pert Jacqueline Donny of France, displaying a smartly cut bathing suit and a perfectly round navel. When the votes were in, Miss France was provisional winner. Observed Miss America '46, putting away her glasses: "Miss France won by a navel...
Bouncing with energetic plans for her first trip to Paris, Mildred finds it hard to realize that she is somewhat of an old classic. She got a surprise last week when a youngster came up to her after her show and made a confession that many a popular new singer could make: "Mildred, I was brought...
...stewing about the hot trumpeters and nightclub fiddlers the musicians' union had sent him; a leading tenor was feuding with the conductor. Could the chaotic season be steadied by a singer whom Mexican operagoers especially liked? The Opera Nacional had persuaded Astrid to come down and try some popular Italian operas. As usual, Astrid, who had never sung an Italian role, was glad to help...
...ever a writer had reason to give up, it was young Gide. All of his early books were critical and popular failures (one sold ten copies in ten years). Gide wrote in his Journals: "I do not know where I am going; but I am making progress." His progress was imperceptible to other eyes. Critics lambasted everything he wrote; to French Roman Catholics, his Corydon, a frank defense of homosexuality, was the devil's own mischief...