Word: ri
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...permits a man to marry as often as he chooses-provided he never has more than four wives at a time. For a man as enthusiastic as the Sultan of Pahang, however, it may sometimes be hard to keep count. An eternal youth at 52, Sir Abu Bakar Ri'ayatu'd-Din Al-mu'adzam Shah ibni Al-marhum Al-mutasim Bi'llah Sultan Abdullah, soon to celebrate his 25th year as ruler of the largest state in Malaya, is a man as huge (6 ft. i in., 200-plus Ibs.) as his name...
Culture & Contracts. After the Oscar, Bill had his pick of parts at every studio, and he picked them shrewdly. With each successive hit-Executive Suite, Sabrina, The Country Girl, The Bridges of Toko-Ri-he grew bigger at the box office. From Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing his studio is now sure to gross at least $10 million...
...made good by admiring townfolk of Montemarano in southern Italy. In honor of "Don Giuseppe, the miliondrio Americano," a great big hero's welcome blared from the steps of the town hall, where the town fathers, a brass band and Montemarano's two carabinièri, got up in three-cornered hats and fulldress swallowtails, assembled for the banner day. Deeply touched, Milionário Adonis later reportedly choked out wet-eyed promises to shower Montemarano with philanthropy. Soon a Red delegate in Italy's Chamber of Deputies demanded that the government slap down Montemarano...
...Crown Theatre is presenting a double feature of "The Bridges At Toko-Ri" and "Doctor in the House." The Poli has "The View from Pompey's Head" and "They Who Dare." The Paramount is showing a re-release of "Unconquered," starring Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard. Mickey Rooney's "Twinkle in God's Eye" is on the same program. The College is showing Robert Taylor in "Quentin Durward," as well as Walt Disney's "Stormy...
Married. James Michener, 48, novelist (The Bridges of Toko-ri), connoisseur of things Japanese (The Floating World), 1947 Pulitzer Prizewinner for Tales of the South Pacific; and Colorado-born Nisei Mari Yoriko Sabusawa, 35, assistant editor of the American Library Association Bulletin; he for the third time, she for the first; in Chicago...