Word: widowing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Trotzky was again waxing portentously. He returned to Moscow, and has labored unceasingly for the economic aggrandizement of the Soviets* ever since. At present he is thought to be on exceedingly good terms with the Communist leaders, and can count on the powerful influence of Lenin's widow. Hence it is generally believed that Trotzky is now seeking the little Caucasus resort of Kislovodsk "for his health" in good earnest. He is reported to seem weary and to be aging rapidly- he who created the Red Army with the tireless fury of a demon...
...Margaret Ross Lansdowne, widow of Commander Zachary Lansdowne, was also called because she had declared that Commander Lansdowne had objected to the flight. She appeared in weeds, read a brief statement and was excused without examination. Her testimony introduced no new facts, was merely her interpretation of the correspondence between Commander Lansdowne and his superiors already in the record...
...present opus Mr. Griffith fools around with a European kingdom, chases an American girl all over Europe, runs into a nasty revolution. Most of these things have been done before?most recently by Eric von Stroheim's The Merry Widow...
Engaged. Georgette Cohan, 25, actress, daughter of famed comedian George M. Cohan, nine-months-widow of J. W. Souther, to one H. Rowse, "rich perfumer." Her father is alleged to have remarked: "Georgette's fiancé is a great guy. They don't come better. It's a matter for enthusiastic approval...
...Among others "Missouri Waltz," "Nights of Gladness," "The Merry Widow...