Word: shaw
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lewis passed to Lane early in the second quarter for a tally, and Jim Shaw scored from Dawidoff at 12 minutes. Holmes fed to Smith two and a half-minutes later and the Crimson led 5 to 0 at the half...
...What about one of the most beautiful tours in the world? The Dalmatian coast. George Bernard Shaw, whose compliments were rare, referred to the shining city of Dubrovnik as the closest place to heaven on earth. For the traveler who warms to the thought of wine, women and song-the wine is varied and plentiful, and the women of the Konavle Valley are said to be the most beautiful in Europe. ANN LIPOVAC Chicago...
...Britain, the government and the public executors of the estate of Playwright George Bernard Shaw agreed on the value of his copyrights, thus nearly doubled the provisional worth of his estate that was set in 1951. The new figure: $1,680,000, subject to whopping inheritance taxes in the 70% bracket. Meanwhile, G.B.S.'s will was soon to get raked over in court. When Shaw died at an un-mellowed 94 in 1950, he had made a bequest to provide a handsome subsidy to renovate the English alphabet. A hater of diphthongs and illogical pronunciations, Alphabetterer Shaw wanted...
Divorced. Artie Shaw, 45, clarinet-tootling bandleader, author of the self-analytical autobiography The Trouble with Cinderella; by wife No. 7, onetime Cinemactress Doris Dowling, 32; after nearly four years of marriage, one child; in Las Vegas, Nev. Among Shaw's better-known former wives: Cinemactresses Lana Turner and Ava Gardner (Nos. 3, 5), Novelist Kathleen (Forever Amber) Winsor...
...Shaw's own attitude is close to Burgoyne's. This doesn't always come through in the Lyric Theatre's production which makes the humor often seem incidental. Directress Grace Tuttle has gotten some very entertaining seperate scenes however--especially in the last act--and these make the play good...