Word: courtney
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Comedienne Geene Courtney, "Miss Sweater Girl of 1945," will feature Friday night's Freshman Smoker, Committee Chairman Peter S. Hearst '56, announced last night...
...Miss Courtney is currently appearing at Boston's Moulin Rouge nightclub after a 19-week stand at the Palace Theatre in New York. During her entertainment career she has worked for several Hollywood studios and has appeared with Milton Berle, Jackie Gleason, Bert Lahr, and Jimmy Durante...
Asked what she thought about Harvard boys, Miss Courtney replied: "Wow, I've always wanted to meet a Harvard man, and now that I finally have a date, I'll have to go out with a thousand at once...
...star with Miss Courtney will be Vaughn Monroe's present vocalist, Cindy Lord...
...East." For more than 24 hours after this shot zinged off in the old soldier's direction, there was nothing but silence. Then, having laid his guns carefully, MacArthur sent back a whole volley. Through his aide, Major General Courtney Whitney, he issued a statement which began by calling the Truman remark "inaccurate and misleading." MacArthur went on: "My purpose and desire was not to extend the war but only to end it. At that time, this could have been accomplished with only a fraction of the approximately 70,000 American battle casualties which have since resulted. Actually...