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Word: weds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Altar Bound (weekdays 4:15 P-M)-, ABC), transcribed at Los Angeles' Marriage License Bureau, turns loose an exclamatory interviewer named Bob Moon ("You say you're a handbag manufacturer!") on a succession of soon-to-be-wed couples. The ensuing chitchat, enlivened by gushing superlatives, arch evasions and coy giggles, makes no major contribution to the art of man-on-the-street interviewing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The New Shows | 5/21/1951 | See Source »

...that French men must marry German women and German men must wed French women. The possibilities and implications for world peace in this plan are unlimited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 14, 1951 | 5/14/1951 | See Source »

...Wed. 10:30 p.m., NBC) introduces Britain's Rex (Bell, Book and Candle) Harrison in the unlikely role of a Manhattan amateur sleuth. Though saddled with a lackwit assistant (Leon Janney), set upon by an amorous blonde, slugged by a T-man, and tossed into a taxi with a corpse, Harrison never raises his precise, British-accented voice. The opening case, concerning a gang of diamond smugglers, was solved more by mirrors than logic. Sample Harrison deduction: a man who fell four floors to his death couldn't be a suicide, because he failed to open the window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: The New Shows | 5/14/1951 | See Source »

...days after Lex Barker, cinema's tenth Tarzan, signed a marriage license to wed flame-haired Cinemactress Arlene (Watch the Birdie) Dahl, she suddenly called the whole thing off, flew back to Hollywood in a huff. Tarzan followed in another plane, found her, and promised breathless tabloid readers a happy ending as they headed back to Manhattan together. Explained Arlene: "What actually happened was that two dog-tired people just emotionally exploded over a simple misunderstanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Matter of Opinion | 4/23/1951 | See Source »

Four Star Revue (Wed. 8 p.m., NBC). Danny Thomas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Apr. 23, 1951 | 4/23/1951 | See Source »

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