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Word: wilstach (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...favorite period- the French 18th Century - and particularly two paintings by François Boucher, who, had he lived two centuries later, would have made a fortune painting dimpled ladies for the covers of sentimental magazines. The Philadelphia Artists' Union hotly demanded that someone fire the Wilstach administrator. Even moderate Philadelphians took alarm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Cezanne, Cezanne | 11/29/1937 | See Source »

Died. Frank Jenners Wilstach, 63, censor of U. S. cinemadvertising & publicity, wit, bibliophile, author, compiler of similes, sometime business manager of DeWolf Hopper, Sothern & Marlowe. Mrs. Leslie Carter, William Faversham; of influenza; in Manhattan. His famed Dictionary of Similes sprang out of his disgust for the phrase, "The news spread like wildfire." "Wildfire," he fumed, "is a disease of sheep. It is also a bolt of sheet lightning. I'm going to end this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 11, 1933 | 12/11/1933 | See Source »

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