Word: presents
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...famed theaters and nightclubs and on U.S. TV as his husky voice. Instead of riding the IRT, Belafonte now has his choice of two Mercedes-Benzes; to the subway girl, who was his first wife, he was able to give a $10,000 platinum bracelet as a "divorce present" when their marriage broke up in 1957. Each of the seven albums he has recorded (for RCA Victor) has sold more than 200,000 copies, and one (Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean) became the first LP by a single performer to sell more than a million, a record since matched only...
...even seem to notice the difference." Said Belafonte with a laugh loud enough for the whole theater to hear: "Boy, they're well integrated." In his playful moods, Belafonte is also fond of fabricating stories about himself and his family. For a time he informed strangers that his present wife was an American Indian and that he was a former resistance fighter with the Hagana in Israel...
...Studebaker" committee, toured the area soliciting pledges to buy a new 1959 Studebaker, issued 60,000 stickers and 10,000 buttons promoting the Lark, wrote' letters, gave speeches, finally staged a huge parade depicting the company history from Studebaker's first Conestoga wagon in 1852 to the present. The county A.F.L.-C.I.O. council mailed 14,000 letters across the U.S. pushing the Lark. Along South Bend streets, every third street lamp was plastered with...
...housing. But many economists and housing experts agree that it is all the U.S. can afford at this time, considering the goals of a balanced budget and heavy commitments for national defense. Moreover, it is all the prosperous housing industry really needs to keep booming along at its present fast pace...
...Glastonbury, England. An icily patrician figure with dark eyebrows and a white, pointed beard, Laurence Housman described himself as "the most censored playwright in England-but the most respectable." His work was morally impeccable, but the British censor, following the letter of the law, would not allow him to present on the stage either the Holy Family (Bethlehem) or a recent monarch (prodded by Edward VIII, censorship was finally lifted). In the U.S. there were no objections. Victoria Regina, starring Helen Hayes, ran for 604 performances on Broadway...