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Word: weres (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Widening Search. While the subcommittee was trying to get the facts on Musicman Clark, investigators were widening their search. New York County D.A. Frank Hogan subpoenaed the financial records of eleven record companies; one owner immediately announced that he had a pile of canceled $100 checks endorsed by disk jockeys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Facing the Music | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

As Nick Adams, Dean Stockwell gave the impression that he had learned The Method at Hotchkiss, but Dane Clark and Robert Middleton were smooth and competent as the killers, and so was Ray Walston as the frightened owner of the lunchroom in which the killers reveal their plot. Beyond the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Killers Done to Death | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

Admitting that there may have been irregularities, TV Boss Bill Orr argued: "Instead of being unhappy, these people should be thankful . . . Look and see what some of these unhappy people were doing before they came to Warner Bros." But the actors were not buying that. Most echoed Maverick's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: Unhappy People--with Spurs | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

The suspense mounted. Lights were extinguished, musicians scrambled to their chairs on the bandstand. Eddie's father, Joe Fisher, a retired suitcase manufacturer from Philadelphia, turned to Aly Khan. "Prince," said he, "have some caviar. Me, I like herring." Aly nodded gravely. "Yes, Monsieur Fisher père," he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGHTCLUBS: Eddie's Comeback | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

Eddie Fisher, when he finally appeared to sing, turned out to be neither very good nor awful. He belted out such numbers as Another Autumn, Wish You Were Here, Let Me Entertain You in a loud, clear voice, without much style or emotional variety. But he was an undisputed smash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGHTCLUBS: Eddie's Comeback | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

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