Word: prize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Manhattan's cafe society, trying to keep up with Paris and London, threw its first Bal de Tete. Jarmila Novotna, opera singer, won first prize for the "most beautiful" headgear, a concoction of butterflies and twigs. Mrs. Brooks Howe's was "most ingenious"-a stocking cap, complete with...
...year-old Istvan to compose a sentence containing a dependent clause. "Our cat had ten kittens," said Istvan, "of which all were Communists." "Excellent," said the teacher. "Exactly right. Be sure you do as well next week when the government supervisors come." The following week she asked the prize student the same question. "Our cat," said Istvan, "had ten kittens, of which all were Social Democrats." "Why, Istvan," cried the teacher, "that's absurd. That's not what you said last week. Last week your kittens were all Communist." "I know," said Istvan, "but since then their eyes...
Atkinson is authorized to sell the lot, the site of the Cambridge police station, until 15 years ago, for not less than $34,000, but prize is not the only factor...
Editors of the CRIMSON had thought themselves winners in contributing 300 entries to the contest that week. They were not successful in copping top television honors, but Philip Morris adjudged the Crimeds runners-up and gave them second prize of an Admiral radio-phonograph console, capable of playing the new 45-minute records. Philip Morris representative Jacques Paulen expressed "extreme satisfaction" with contest results...
...Third prize of a standard radio-phonograph went to the Spee Club. Spee-men finished up the eight-week Philip Morris grind with a final spurt of 200 wrappers with game predictions to capture their $180 award...