Word: absently
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...perfect host, Obolensky knew when to be present, when to be absent. Let the others game the night away; he spent the small hours working out last-minute details of the seating arrangements, always fully aware of every shifting allegiance and liaison. But let something go awry, and Obolensky was on the scene. No sooner had the power failed during one dinner than he ordered candles lit, soothing the party-goers with the assurance that candlelight was "far more romantic." By the end, the guests agreed that in all things great and small the planning had been perfect, the execution...
...October-a month ahead of schedule-in Michigan. In the weeks preceding Christmas, it spread to eight other states, creeping as far south as Florida. In one Alabama county, 7,000 persons went to their doctors with flulike symptoms. In Ohio, 40% of the students at one school were absent. Still, U.S. health officials refused to blame the wave of illness specifically on Asian flu. Weeks of lab testing are necessary before flu viruses can be isolated and identified. And the symptoms of Asian flu-three to four days of fever, coughing, sore throat, aches and pains-are also indicative...
...invite the family for a singalong. Not to be outdone by Andy Williams, who featured his wife, two children and 38 relatives on his show, last week Dean Martin turned the cameras on his wife and seven children as well as Frank Sinatra and his clan (Mia was conspicuously absent). But for sheer numbers, no one can outdo the singing King Family, who last week turned out 45 strong for their first Christmas special. Since it followed hard on the heels of their Thanksgiving show, the next blowout viewers can presumably expect is "The King Family Ground Hog Day Special...
...more comfortable politically. Amid the shards of the Johnsonian consensus, most of big labor remains loyal. A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany has already endorsed the President for reelection. The latest federation convention whooped through a resolution supporting the Administration's Viet Nam policy and, with Walter Reuther absent, there was barely a skeptic to be found. Instead of end-the-war placards, Johnson spotted one promoting LYNDON NUGENT...
...Absent Experts. One unit is all that Peoria, Ill., Lawyer Tom Cassidy needs, however, and he finds that it has more than paid for itself. When he draws up a will, Cassidy has his client read it over in front of the camera. Then he asks questions calculated to prove the willmaker is of sound mind, and winds up the taping by having the document signed and witnessed. He predicts that any subsequent challenge will have little chance in the face of such evidence. He has also taped standard instructions to witnesses and clients, explaining the basics of testifying. That...