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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Recounting the rigors of his visit to the U.S., the Rt. Rev. John W. C. Wand, Bishop of London, told his diocese that he wound up feeling "rather like a squeezed orange."
Vice President Alben Berkley began to fancy his privacy but went on paying the price of fame. His black limousine pulled up in front of a flossy Washington jeweler's after closing time, and the door was opened for the bridegroom-elect. Afterward, newsmen told him that he had...
A tailored, severely handsome woman of 47 who never wastes a word (or a dollar of production costs), Producer Crawford went from her native Akron to Smith College, and then straight to Broadway. She joined the Theatre Guild as a part-time secretary, worked her way up through odd jobs...
Georgia O'Keeffe, a plain-spoken lady who looks as severe as her own paintings, played a modest part in the festivities. She stood up when called upon and said: ''This is a gift from Stieglitz. It is for the students of this university. I hope you...
Austin Cooper is a tweedy, grey-bearded Londoner of 59 who made his name as a poster designer. "But during the war," says Cooper, "my interest in posters faded. I found my hands were functioning without any volition. The first results were doodles, then automatic writing. I thought 'If...