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Word: sono (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some of Pressagent Williamson's ideas were on the ribald side, e.g., "Dove sono?" ("Where have they gone?"), from The Marriage of Figaro, would show a girl who has dropped her falsies. Others were plain wacky, e.g., "Parigi, o cara" ("Paris, my dear"), from Traviata, would show one lady demonstrating a strange new garment to another. "Caro name" ("Dear name"), from Rigoletto, would show a sugar daddy signing a fat check for his girl friend. Pressagent Williamson (whose clients have included Gladys Swarthout, Ezio Pinza, Helen Traubel) persuaded Austrian-born Artist Susan Perl to put her ideas on paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fractured Arias | 8/22/1955 | See Source »

...small, long-lasting nickel-cadmium storage battery, guaranteed to last five years, now being made for the armed services by Sono-tone Corp., will soon go on general sale for autos, trucks, etc. Cost: quintuple present prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Feb. 22, 1954 | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

...rival comedians, and pompous executives. It also fizzled occasionally with some of Allen at his worst, e.g., a leaden slapstick routine kidding TV consultants. By the time he was ready to wind up the program with a familiar traveling salesman version of Carmen, Allen had brought on Guest Stars Sono Osato, Risë Stevens and Monty Woolley, had put on half a dozen sly lampoons and proved himself as fine a mugger as he is an ad-libber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Back to the Mines | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

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