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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The dining room of Lowell House was transformed into the great hall of a Georgian palace last night, and in it I spent one of the most delightful evenings I can remember. The crystal chandeliers shone down on powdered wigs, hoop skirts, and velvet-coats, as the Lowell House Musical...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: The Music Box | 3/17/1949 | See Source »

"Mrs. Thing." Perle relishes her position to the full. She has learned not to call society editors to read them her guest list (the girls are glad to call her), but she is not above inquiring coyly after a dinner: "How many ambassadors did I have last night? Six or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITAL: Widow from Oklahoma | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

A Good Scare. Serrano wilted again. "Now wait. Let's talk sensibly. You know what reporters are. Absolute misunderstanding. I had no intention of insulting our good friend Sancho . . ." The stern señors merely bowed and turned to go. At the threshold they warned: "Remember. We give you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Of Fools & Duels | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

What made the winter so odd? The Weather Bureau, which would like everyone to remember that it saw just such a winter shaping up as early as November, says that the same basic condition caused both the western cold and the eastern warmth. The villain, says William H. Klein of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Funny Winter | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

Even for a greaseball, however, there were Harvard compensations. In Cambridge, Marquand lived in the same rooming house as young James Bryant Conant, now Harvard's president. Marquand remembers him as a brilliant student who invented the "two-drink dash," a simple game in which a prize was supposed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Spruce Street Boy | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

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