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Word: sisterly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cabinet's only unmarried member had taken the wise women of Washington by surprise. They had known that an earnest, athletic girl, sister of the wife of his late stepson Wilmarth, had visited in his Washington home on and off since 1935. She had worked at small jobs in the Interior, helped run his empty home for him, accompanied him to social functions, helped him select and decorate his country place, "Headwater Farm" near Olney, Md. During his illness last year she visited his hospital bedside almost daily. Their relationship had seemed like that of father & daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Civil Servant's Romance | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

This model young woman, Jane Dahlman (Smith College '35, cum laude), is the daughter of Lawyer Louis A. Dahlman of Milwaukee. Her mother was a Chicago Cudahy, daughter of Patrick, of the packing family, sister of John, who now functions as U. S. Minister to the family's native Ireland. When Miss Dahlman left two months ago to visit Uncle John in Dublin, no one suspected that "Honest Harold" Ickes would slip away to marry her. But slip he did and very proud he was, too, of the slick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Civil Servant's Romance | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

Engaged. Princess Fawziya, 16, eldest sister of King Farouk of Egypt; and Shahpoor Mohammed Reza, 18, Crown Prince of Iran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 6, 1938 | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...these get-away-from-it-all stories in which Katherine Hepburn is the black sheep of a millionaire's family while her narrow-minded sister is engaged to an up-and-coming son of a grocery man (Cary Grant). The part of Linda is just made for Miss Hepburn, who turns in a delightful and talented performance. Cary Grant is adequate while Edward Everett Horton shoulders the burden of the comic entertainment. Despite the efforts of each member of the cast, however, the whole effect is not convincing and wavers uncertainly between seriousness and humor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/31/1938 | See Source »

Engaged. Hephzibah Menuhin, 18, concert pianist and sister of Violinist Yehudi Menuhin; and Lindsay George Nicholas, son of an Australian aspirin manufacturer. Last fortnight Yehudi Menuhin made known his engagement to Lindsay Nicholas' sister, Nola...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 30, 1938 | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

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