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Word: sisterly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...platform towering by the hulk's bow chatted a gay party. In the fore were Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur (TIME, Apr. 6) ; Mrs. Wilbur's sister, Mrs. Paist of Wayne, Pa., and Mr. Paist; Admirals Eberle, Moffett, Jones, Bloch, J. K. Robison and their wives; General and Mrs. Lejeune. Mrs. Wilbur's left arm was hidden beneath American Beauty roses. Her right arm grasped a beribboned bottle of Saratoga mineral water. Presently Mr. Wilbur exhorted his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Sullen and Gay | 4/20/1925 | See Source »

...stay away from it. Unfortunately, these latter lose. With Blanche Sweet acting her exceptional best, the entertainment is a better than average sample. She plays an actress with whom a man in the audience falls in love. Off they go to South America, where she poses as his sister. Intrigue, native rising and a final happiness unravel. Two stretches of brilliant color film help considerably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Apr. 20, 1925 | 4/20/1925 | See Source »

Married. Countess Eleanor Patterson Gizycka, granddaughter of the late Joseph Medill, sister of Joseph M. Patterson, publisher of the Chicago Daily Tribune, and The News, Manhattan gumchewers' sheetlet, cousin of the late Medill McCormick, U. S. Senator from Illinois, to Elmer Schlesinger, Manhattan lawyer; in Manhattan. Each has been divorced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 20, 1925 | 4/20/1925 | See Source »

...plot concerns the troubles of the Halpin family. Coiny Halpin has sworn to kill Christie Barrett because Barrett's father kill his brother years ago; Ellen Halpin, his sister-in-law, is afraid her daughter wants to marry Christie--afraid not because of factional hate, but because Christie was her own childhood sweetheart. After many complications provided by Padna Collins, an Irish miser everything ends happily. Ellen marries Christie, Norah explains that she had long ago decided to become a nun, Corny Shakes hands with Christie, and the whole lot sails for Australia leaving Padna behind alone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 4/17/1925 | See Source »

William D. Straight, sister of Harry Payne and Payne Whitney, to one Leonard K. Elmhirst, son of an English clergyman; in old Westbury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 13, 1925 | 4/13/1925 | See Source »

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