Word: rand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Georgia Sothern, grand old (32, she says) lady of the U.S. striptease business, spiced up the hot spell by paying a surprise call on her husband at a Springfield, 111. hotel room. As surprised as Husband Harry Finkelstein was his companion of the moment, Sally Rand, grand old (43, she says) lady of the fandanglers. Finkelstein was just treating her for heat exhaustion, protested Miss Rand, but Mrs. Finkelstein had them both arrested for disorderly conduct. Miss Rand's valedictory to the press as the police closed in: "I have nothing to hide...
...Sally Rand, well-nigh immortal fandangler, sponsored a scholarship at the University of Illinois, handed a $1,000 check to its temporary custodian, Harold ("Red") Grange, football's famed Galloping Ghost of the early...
...Campbell, Jr. '47 has been elected president of the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770, the Pudding announced yesterday. Other new officers include Craig P. Gilbert '47, vice-president: J. Bradley Cummings, 3rd '46, krokodllis; David S. Biddle '49, librarian: Francis H. Cabot, Jr., '50, secretary; and John R. Rand '50, treasurer...
...horror, where they suffer either from the crush of registration or the torture of exams. Only rarely are the riotous days of the past recalled. Mem most recently shuddered from the sedate heights of its 170 foot tower down to the base of its firm foundation when Sally Rand lectured to a Freshman Smoker in 1941 on the subject "What the Average College Stage Door Johnny Is Looking for When He Stage Door Jennies a Burlesque House Stage Door...
...Chemie's claim is not upheld, Rand figures he still has a good chance to acquire full ownership of G.A.F. A presidential directive forbids the licensing of any seized patents as long as any minority stockholder objects, and no one would want to buy G.A.F. without its valuable patents. Thus Rand could, in effect, forestall G.A.F.'s sale until all other bidders lost interest, and he could pick up G.A.F. at a bargain price...