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Word: raye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...European has a sex life; the Englishman has his hot-water bottle; this is why His Majesty's Colonel Ray Milland can't quite get acclimated to. Rollywood's favorite ninepin, Marlene Dietrich. He's busy looking for Professor Grosig and the formula for a poison gas. In fact, all your old friends are here: the fat German with a sear, the brave little Oxonian who is tortured while keeping his chin up, the big sex-appeal Gypsy boy with a tern shirt and 33 children, the usual retinue of glum Nazi henchmen, and, last, but not least, the genial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/13/1947 | See Source »

Novelist Gertrude Atherton, who got herself "rejuvenated" by X ray at 64, still had young ideas as she turned 90 in San Francisco. When jolly Mayor Roger Lapham gave her a gold medal, she poutingly demanded a kiss as well, received a peck on the forehead, both cheeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: In the Red | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

Bashful Side. After he got his prize, Ray Gene was directed to a sleek yellow convertible that was to take him on a triumphal ride around Kansas City's Royal arena. He took one bashful look at blonde Laura Carol Tarrant, queen of the American Royal show, perched above the car's back seat, and tried to slide in beside the driver. Told that he was to ride beside the queen, Ray Gene climbed to his place and was greeted with a congratulatory kiss, planted firmly on his flaming cheek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ORGANIZATIONS: Star Farmer | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

...ride over, Ray Gene took quick leave and ducked back to the livestock stalls. There, as he polished the coat of his Hereford steer, he relaxed and talked about past F.F.A. conventions. "I got married last April," he said, "so I have to stay in a hotel with the wife this year. Always before when I came to the Royal I bunked right here with the cattle. It's hard to be away from the cattle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ORGANIZATIONS: Star Farmer | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

Last year, before the season began, Chappuis injured his right wrist, but put off getting an X-ray examination until after the last game. It turned out that his wrist was broken, but he set a new Big Nine passing record with 36 completions in 64 attempts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Specialist | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

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