Word: sadnesses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Self-Made Doctor [TIME, Sept. 25] is a sad commentary on the . . . medical profession . . . An individual with less than a high-school education is able to fool the authorities of several hospitals and their various staffs for five years...
...Sad, pout-mouthed Jake La Motta is a sturdy fighter with an in & out record who currently holds the middleweight championship of the world. He won it on a fluke 15 months ago from the late Marcel Cerdan (TIME, June 27, 1949), who fought, after the first round, with the handicap of a torn shoulder muscle. In Detroit, where Jake had the luck to win his title, he defended it last week against Frenchman Laurent Dauthuille. Jake was lucky again...
...Chicago Tribune's Bertie McCormick, who had given away ten of her millions for various causes and charities. When & if the Compass ran through its nest egg, the chances were good that Aunt Anita would cheerfully ante up again. But last week Editor Thackrey made a sad announcement: The Compass has just about run out of cash and Aunt Anita was not available. Wrote Thackrey: "Since Mrs. Elaine's serious illness last fall . . . it has not been possible to discuss further financing with her, and it does not seem likely that it will be possible...
Married. Margaret Sullavan, 41, husky-voiced star of stage (The Voice of the Turtle) and screen (No Sad Songs for Me); and Kenneth Arthur Wagg, 41, London businessman (malted milk); she for the fourth time (previous husbands: Actor Henry Fonda, Director William Wyler, Producer-Agent Leland Hayward), he for the second; on Long Island...
...after being on the market only a fortnight, it had already sold 200,000 copies, promised to be one of the year's big hits. RCA Victor had rushed out a deluxe version by Hugo Winterhalter with full orchestra and chorus, and one for the country trade by sad-voiced Hillbilly Elton Britt...