Word: vanderbilt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...aegis of the Hessian radio station in West Germany, put on no airs as he graciously received the applause of his listeners. Main reason for his refraining from his customary theatricality: white-maned Conductor Stokowski, 73, also renowned as the estranged husband of Actress-Painter-Poetess Millionheiress Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowska, 31, had banned all pictures of the concert, was unaware that a camera had fixed its evil eye upon...
...Manhattan publishing firm announced that its September list will include a "tender, searching" volume titled Love Poems. The poetess: Heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, 31, whose first published work follows her renown as amateur artist, professional actress (The Time of Your Life-TIME, Jan. 31), and the estranged wife of mellowing (73) Conductor Leopold Stokowski. Explaining the poetry's origin, Gloria's publisher said: "She filled her diary with poetry-her own poignant expression of a mood, the lonely torture of young love, the ecstasy of fulfillment-all intensely personal." No advance peeks at the verses were permitted, but Gloria...
...about others, the heroes he worshiped. It is a rambling book, tumbled about with scraps of Granny's syndicated verse-it used to be said that he was the only man in the U.S. who could wire a poem collect. There are also recollections of college days at Vanderbilt. But mostly, the book is packed with nostalgic stories that call back the champions of the golden...
...Judge Arthur Vanderbilt deserves generous commendation for speaking out . . . We seem to be doing something about Communistic subversives, but in the legal field, where the menace to the country's welfare is far more serious, shamefully little is being done to remove dishonest or incompetent judges from office or to stop unethical and dishonest practices by many members of the legal profession. All of which adds up to the fact that litigants are fleeced with no assurance that justice will be dispensed...
Almost as if to prove his versatility, Brooks showed he was as good or better a producer of swimmers. Of the five major U.S. swimming awards, the president's Cup and the Vanderbilt Trophy are the highest. Dave Rowan of Rider won the first one over the Potomac River course in 1935, and Irwin Goodman took the second, to bring both of them home to Brooks...