Word: affair
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Waltzing Imelda. While America's influence was discreetly evident in Manila, the conference was conspicuously an Asian affair-as February's Honolulu meeting was not. The allies' Filipino hosts handled the summit meeting with extraordinary efficiency. The arrangements were Imelda Marcos' province, and she took charge of everything, from refurbishing the Manila Hotel with treasures wheedled from
When the President's turn came to play host to the King, he summoned Jazz Saxophonist Stan Getz from the U.S. to the affair, held in a borrowed royal banquet hall, as a special gesture of appreciation for the elaborate, if subdued welcome that he had received. Though Bhumibol has played his saxophone and clarinet in swinging sessions with other U.S. jazz groups, on this occasion he sat back and enjoyed the show...
...roll of drums by which the inhabitants of a city under siege announce surrender; since it also denotes a feverish heartbeat, it is a handy metaphor for a romantic novel. The heart that beats retreat belongs to lovely, lazy Lucile, who at 30 has been drifting gracefully through an affair with a wealthy, fiftyish fellow named Charles. She meets Antoine, a young, intense and impecunious publisher's reader, who supplements his income by living with Clare, a middle-aged Parisian hostess...
Probably as a result of the Princeton affair, Dartmouth won the trophy last year, and Syracuse, a team that undoubtedly would have whipped the Big Green placed third. Again, a dispute arose...
...houses which were denied the daily 30-cent subsidy granted earlier this year will be sent deliveries of canned juice, instant coffee, bread, margarine, and jam. "How they use it is their own affair," Mrs. Bunting said...