Word: wife
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ripe-mouthed Hedy Lamarr found herself playing the understanding older woman. Back to his wife she sent 26-year-old Actor Mark Stevens (now appearing in I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now), and freely told the press just how it went. "He is very young," explained Matron Lamarr, 32, "and I told him I thought he and Mrs. Stevens should try to make a go of their marriage. ... I talked to Mrs. Stevens . . . she sounds like a lovely person...
Commentator Upton Close, whose fourth wife, Julia, lately sued him for divorce, complaining that he carried on with his secretary, sued back and made his own complaint. Julia was always interfering in his business affairs, said he, and, further, she had hit him a couple of times...
Sugar Heir John D. Spreckels Ill's wife, Lou Dell, was through with love. One month after the Spreckelses were jugged for whaling away at each other in the street (TIME, Sept. 1), Spreckels was picked up again, this time for going at Lou Dell hammer-&-tongs with a fireplace set. As soon as she got out of the hospital, disillusioned Lou Dell filed a suit for separation...
...American, 18 years old-standing near the Indian street girl. That street girl was the second love in my life. She's more vivid to me now-our contact was more violent. And that lady with the pinwheels, way over on the right, is Lupe Marin, my first wife. Frida Kahlo, my third wife, has one hand on my shoulder. That thing in her other hand is the Chinese symbol for the unity of opposites...
...Lasker Awards in public health were set up only last year by former Chicago Adman Albert D. Lasker and his wife Mary. Already they are regarded as a top honor in U.S. medicine. Awarded annually by the American Public Health Association, the prizes are intended to stimulate efforts for mass lifesaving. They are given to medical scientists or administrators who have contributed most toward fighting the major fatal diseases. Individual winners get $1,000 and a gold statuette of the Winged Victory-a kind of medical Oscar...