Word: rich
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...women in Washington tried to scotch the notion that Republican women are rich and always wear orchids. Said Mrs. James R. Arneill of Denver, Republican Clubwoman, of a recent rural meeting: "There wasn't a person there who had ever seen an orchid. They had chrysanthemums, though...
...defending itself should its borders be violated. And of all the neutrals save the strong and seagirt U. S., The Netherlands, with the world's third most valuable colonial empire, has the most to lose. Invasion by Germany would be the strongest temptation to Japan to seize the rich Netherlands Indies, and the only force on which Queen Wilhelmina could possibly count to prevent such a grab is the British China Squadron based at Singapore. The British since Sept. 1 have had plenty of other obligations on their hands...
WASHINGTON--The International Ladies Garment Workers Union, a rich union with 250,000 members, brought new pressure for labor peace tonight and indicated it may rejoin the American Federation of Labor if unity is not attained...
Married. Sir Lancelot Oliphant, 58, tall, dome-headed British Ambassador to Belgium, and Christine, Viscountess Churchill; in London. Viscountess Churchill was divorced last year from Lieut. Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham, rich Manhattan bibliophile who in 1927 discovered and bagged the long-lost "Boswell papers...
Poor little Orphan Connie (Deanna Durbin) is endowed with nothing in this world but a lyrical larynx and a gruff, rich uncle, who has supported her through the hardships of a swank finishing school. She is disappointed when he does not come to her graduation, but climbs bravely into the limousine he sends in loco parentis. She needs all her courage when it deposits her among his screwy family. Auntie is horoscopic, Cousin Barbara is spoiled, Cousin Walter just asks apprehensively: "Does she still sing?" Bulb-eyed, bulgy Uncle Jim (Eugene Pallette, who has had experience as father...