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Word: bridesmaids (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stewardess Diana Davis, 27. In pronouncing the lines of the Church of England ceremony, he solemnly besought God that "this woman may be lovely" instead of "loving." He hastily corrected himself, at ceremony's end further atoned by stalling the bridal procession with official busses for every single bridesmaid. Protested loving, lovely Diana: "Come along! Stop all that! Leave my bridesmaids alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 3, 1959 | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

...Show. In Taoyuan, Formosa, when Yang Shih-ming's bride failed to appear for her wedding, Yang turned to Bridesmaid Chiang Ming-yeh. asked her if she would like to be his wife, married her instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 10, 1958 | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

...Lanky Dow Finsterwald of Tequesta, Fla., golf's perennial bridesmaid (17 runner-up finishes in 31 months), posted a brilliant four-under-par 31 on the outgoing nine the final day, caught famed, faltering Sam Snead and coasted home a two-stroke winner with a 72-hole total of 276, four under par, to take the $5,500 first prize in the 40th Professional Golfers' Association championship at Havertown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Jul. 28, 1958 | 7/28/1958 | See Source »

...Father of Halitosis.' " Today, thanks to impish Gerard Barnes Lambert, the world is full of youngsters to whom the pre-halitosis world must seem as remote as that of Chaucer's Wife of Bath. Soon, only toothless oldsters will remain to tell of a time when every bridesmaid took her breath in her stride and no man, wanting the truth, went to a child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Father of Halitosis | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

Closest competition came from Long Island's Carol Heiss, 16. Blonde pony tail flying, she missed out by the narrowest of margins in the rigid requirements of school figures. "We call her the bridesmaid," said Carol's disappointed mother. "Always second to Tenley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Saving Skates | 2/13/1956 | See Source »

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