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Word: scratchers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Charles (The Lost Weekend) Jackson, bestselling scratcher of the seamy side, was called to Hollywood to write the movie script for Feodor Dostoevsky's The Eternal Husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Coming & Going | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

...Back-Scratchers-established radio stars who visit each other's shows, without charge, on a "you-scratch-my-back-and-ril-scratch-yours" basis. Under this arrangement, Jack Benny last week assembled a "Million Dollar Quartet" (Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes, Andy Russell, Dennis Day) for only $3,000. Russell, the only one without a radio show of his own, was the only one Benny had to pay. World's Champion Back-Scratcher is Bob Hope, who solemnly estimates that during the next month he will spend more than half his waking hours in broadcasting studios...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Guests | 3/31/1947 | See Source »

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