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Word: ritz (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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American buyers last week thronged thirstily around the bars at the Ritz and Crillon, gossiped knowingly of new, narrowed skirts, shorter day dresses and a new emphasis on black, green and yellow. Then, five days before the show, 12,000 of Paris' 20,000 midinettes* laid down their needles and flounced out on what was probably France's most popular strike of the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Popular Strike | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

Raft, the Ritz Brothers and sundry other notables. He bought a $75,000 stucco "bungalow" in Brentwood, shared a tailor with Lou Costello, dabbled in prizefighters and bought a piece of a supermarket chain. He was anxious to cooperate with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Clay Pigeon | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...meeting in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Boston, the Association elected a completely new set of officers--the first major change in administration since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Action Taken on Council Vote for Co-ed Law School | 6/4/1949 | See Source »

Manhattan's ritzy Ritz Tower Hotel went to court to persuade Actress Ruth Chatterton, 55, to stop cooking in her three-room suite. The neighbors were complaining of "powerful odors," and the management had tried without success to deodorize the halls. An attorney for the stage & screen actress who once starred in Broadway's Come Out of the Kitchen (1916), said that she was "very much annoyed" and would move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: No Place Like Home | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

Yale has one strong line (Bray, Ritz, Clapp) and two weak ones; the Crimson has three strong, well-balanced lines. If the first line can match the Yale starting trio goal for goal while the second and third lines build up a lead, then the 99th Harvard-Yale hockey game will go to Harvard. HARVARD YALE Yetman g Burns Carman ld Raines Greeley rd Hart Preston fw Ritz D Key c Bray Garrity rw Clapp...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six Seeks Second Win Over Yale at New Haven Tonight | 3/12/1949 | See Source »

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