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Word: sunsets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mickey also became something of a leading citizen. He took up gracious living. He acquired an ample wardrobe, changed clothes several times a day, washed his hands several times an hour. The opening of his Sunset Strip haberdashery (pastel shirts and hand-painted ties featured) was graced by George

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Clay Pigeon | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...about two years ago things suddenly changed. Brenda had moved into Los Angeles, installed herself as the madam of a call house and found plenty of prosperity. As business improved she shifted from the tacky Fedora Street neighborhood to plushier headquarters on Hollywood's Sunset Strip, later moved on to swanky Harold Way. Some of Hollywood's shiniest names became her steady customers. Brenda felt so secure that she even took a quarter-page ad in a film directory published by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; it was a nice refined ad -just a couple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Brenda's Revenge | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

Subjective Sunset...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 27, 1949 | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

Suppose we have a dog who is a subjective artist. He is greatly moved by a sunset and transfers his emotion to paper in the form of a vague line which to him means the father and mother of all bones. This interpretation of the sunset is strictly subjective; it does not attract and may repel non-dogs who do not share the artist's experience and digestive system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 27, 1949 | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

...direct, co-write and edit a movie. In spare moments, at all state, national and international functions, he'd like to be toastmaster. He'd like to be abbot of the Friars [which he is], shepherd of the Lambs and president of the Players. And in the sunset of his life, if show business ever has a czar like Happy Chandler, three guesses on Milton's choice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Child Wonder | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

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