An ordeal like Dorothy's is shocking, but thankfully it is rarer than many believe.
Curators say it is the first time Dorothy's original dress and shoes have been together since the movie was filmed in 1939.
In the world of Oz memorabilia, Shaw is best known for having owned one of the four existing pairs of Dorothy's ruby slippers.
The lessons of Dorothy's traveling companions remain relevant, too.
Among the centrepieces will be Dorothy's ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, acquired on behalf of the museum - with the help of a consortium including Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg - earlier this year, according to industry website Deadline.
"We have had huge interest in this, " said the Institute's Dorothy Wood.
Sir Tom's cousin Dorothy Woodward, of Caerphilly, south Wales, said: "He will be absolutely over the moon".
That film has long since been forgotten and Judy Garland's performance as Dorothy has become iconic.
Dorothy L. Sayers's fat, black-bound Lord Peter Wimsey mystery, "Busman's Honeymoon" was one of the first I remember being given.
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On Monday, Mr Doherty and Minnelli's counsel, Dorothy Weber, told a New York judge that depositions from the two sides would be heard in June.
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Clinton's mother, Dorothy Rodham, sent out the last of a series of e-mail fundraising pitches January 16, specifically asking for donations to help retire the debt before her daughter took her new post.
Watford's Liberal Democrat mayor Dorothy Thornhill said it was "absolutely untrue" to say the hospital did not need the land.
Legends are already attaching themselves: the copy of Piccadilly's Eros (once roundabout art itself) in Fleetwood, Lancs, is confidently claimed to surmount the roundabout mausoleum which will be the final resting place of Mrs Dorothy Lofthouse, matriarch of Fisherman's Friend lozenges, made in the town.
Dorothy Delayo, listed on the party's website as its treasurer, didn't respond to requests for comment Wednesday.
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Dorothy James, vice president of AFGE's District 7, which includes Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, says that sequestration carries a whiff of Washington silliness that is keeping people on the sidelines.
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His mom, Dorothy Pope, has been working at her son's side for the past 35 years.
One of the longest-serving volunteers is Dorothy Davies, who has been helping at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital for 28 years.
Also at the family compound are Bush's brother, Jeb, and sister, Dorothy.
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In Oz, the first thing that happens is that Dorothy becomes a slayer of evil witches, even before she's left her house.
Oz was a virtual witch's curse, as such disasters as "The Wonderful Land of Oz" (1969) and "Journey Back to Oz" (1974) seemed to prove the latter being a rather crudely animated feature whose sole virtue is an all-star soundtrack, taped a dozen years earlier, starring Garland's daughter, Liza Minnelli, as the voice of Dorothy.
Dorothy in Heysham gave us a sense of how important observing Sunday's religious history is to some people.
Mervyn and Dorothy Reynolds were on holiday in the US when they learned of Philippa's death.
The youngest granddaughter to be showcased on the show is Dorothy Adjoa Amuah, 27, whose grandmother was the South African leader's first wife, Evelyn.
Dorothy Liu Yiu Chu, an NPC deputy from Hong Kong, sees China's growing exposure to international norms as a catalyst for change.
Between 1939 and 1945 he was married to actress Dorothy Comingore - best known for her role as Susan Alexander, the second wife of Orson Welles's character in Citizen Kane.
And the reason we brought together some elders and some young people very briefly was not just to visit the Oval Office and see the Emancipation Proclamation, which is going to be on loan to us, but it's also just to remind us that there were some extraordinarily courageous young people like Dr. Dorothy Height, like Mrs.
Dorothy said she was keen to write to the coroner about a possible change in verdict following the driver's recent criminal conviction.
The murder earlier this year by hired gunmen of Dorothy Stang, an American nun who challenged the loggers and land grabbers, shows how ruthless the forest's enemies can be.
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