Word: star
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...strode confidently across the tessellated inner lobby of the House of Commons; he knew that he held Britain's spotlight. In his battered red leather dispatch box were the secrets of Britain's interim budget. Burly, greying John Lees Carvel, political correspondent for London's evening Star, cheerily hailed his old friend Dalton as he approached the door of the House, asked jokingly about the budget. Dalton threw a jovial arm around Carvel's shoulders and, remembering that the journalist liked a nip now & then, said: "John, your whiskey is going to cost...
...stage, Miss Lawrence becomes the most entertaining performer, the most scintillating personality, on the American stage. This particular Coward opus was originally presented with Miss Lawrence some years ago, and then consisted of nine one-act plays. The current edition contains only six of the nine, but the star nonetheless has ample opportunity to display her remarkably diversified talents over the course of the two evenings required to complete the cycle...
...Yale offenses were obtained by extensive scouting since the start of the season. Wayne Johnson, graduate student and backfield star of the 1942 eleven, has seen most of the Eli games, while Lamar, Harry Jacunski, and Chief Boston have watched the Bulldogs perform off and on this fall...
Navigator Addison Thompson had decided to catch up on his sleep. The weather was too bad for star shots, and he had never thought of a radio fix. He slept for about eight hours. When he woke, he found the second flight engineer curled up cozily under his navigation table and the Sky Queen past the point of no-return...
...Manhattan, British Stage & Screen Star Wendy Miller made news that sounded a little more like the neighbors. Shipped to her from England were son Anthony, 5, and daughter Ann, 8; their arrival fulfilled one of the terms of mother's contract in Broadway's The Heiress. The term: the children would be brought over if the show was a success...