Word: wife
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Rule. In London, a judge chided William Pegg for chasing his nagging wife with a brandished belt, reminded him, with a ?1 fine, that "90 out of 100 men have troublesome wives...
Surprise. Near Liberty, Mo., homecoming Walter Pearson was greeted by his three-year-old son with the announcement: "We got a lot of sisters"; rushed into the living room to find wife Theda, 24, peeling potatoes and displaying twin daughters born two hours earlier. Explained Mrs. Pearson, who wasn't expecting until June: "I scarcely got to the daybed when-there was the baby. That second one sure was a surprise...
...they began to charm children and zoo addicts in general, Chang arranged to ship out two of the rare creatures a year-in exchange for forign scholarships for Szechwan youths.* Recently he admitted his love for American-style ice cream (made on his home freezer). Chang's attractive wife talked of rationing his helpings...
...eternal triangle is well held up at all its corners. Robert Preston is just right as the boy-man who takes his heartless wife to Africa to hunt big game and changes in two days from a coward to a courageous man. As the wife and the professional hunter, Joan Bennett and Gregory Peck could hardly draw criticism from even the author...
Small 'd' democrat personally and politically in the strictest sense, Gropius is simultaneously an elegant Teuton and an acclimatized New Englander who, "feels very positive toward this country." With his second wife Ise he likes to ride horseback by the shore of Walden Pond, a stone's throw from his home. "I'm so acquainted with the Massachusetts landscape," he laughs, "I know the foxes and grouse personally." An untiring host for visiting Europeans and student disciples, he is a connoisseur of French foods and the delicate Continental wines of which there are "only imitations in this country...