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Plush Hopes. The possibility of rebuilding the opera has long obsessed a New Orleans businessman named Walter L. Loubat. In his childhood he sold peanuts and was an usher in the old building. Last winter Loubat formed the New Orleans Opera House Association, gathered $7,200 in subscriptions, planned to raise more with popular-priced opera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Loubat of New Orleans | 7/12/1943 | See Source »

...Frankie, you're killing me!" An usher gently shook her; she came to for a moment, relapsed into reverie. A girl in the second row held a pair of powerful field glasses glued to her eyes. Another minced to the stage, raised herself on tiptoe and tenderly deposited a white flower at the crooner's feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: That Old Sweet Song | 7/5/1943 | See Source »

...Economics Department has announced the following changes in instruction of their courses: Economics 11b will be offered by Professor Joseph A. Schumpeter; Economics 18b will be under the instruction of Professor Gottfried Haberler; and Economics 44b will be headed by Dr. Abbott P. Usher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Announcement Made of Instructors for Ec Courses | 2/1/1943 | See Source »

When sober, Jimmy is proud of his ability to usher out clients neatly. "I just seem to have a talent for this sort of thing," he says to those who visit his chair on public exhibition outside the State capital at Jackson. "Maybe it's because I'm always polite. The first thing I tell a client to put him at ease is 'Have a seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSISSIPPI: Death on Wheels | 1/18/1943 | See Source »

...units from 1946, 1945, and 1944 standing at attention, Dr. Reginald Fitz '05, University Marshal, led the gowned academic procession of dignitaries down the middle aisle of the Church to open yesterday's service. Following them came the Seniors, led by their Marshals. Each Marshal, accompanied by a Junior Usher, guided a column down each of the side aisles, meeting in front of President Conant to proceed up the center and move into the pows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Commencement-- | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

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