Word: ak-sar-ben
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Despite the weather, the party was a huge success. The publicity paradise reached seventh heaven at Ak-Sar-Ben's coliseum, where 8,000 funsters unanimously nominated Gracie for President. Making her acceptance speech, Candidate Allen squirmed uncomfortably, kept tugging at her hips, finally blurted: "My girdle is killing...
Blind horses are a burden on their owners : like some blind people, they develop neuroses, become hesitant and suspicious, refuse to move about. They are usually "destroyed." Last week the Horse Show committee of Nebraska's famed Ak-Sar-Ben celebration brought to Omaha for a personal appearance a blind horse named Elmer Gantry, who was remarkable not simply because he was still alive but also because he had been taught to jump...
Under the shimmering, kaleidoscopic lights of Omaha's Coliseum, at Nebraska's 44th Coronation Ball of Ak-Sar-Ben*- the social high jinks of the State's big annual autumn festival-the 44th King of Ak-Sar-Ben (William Otto Swanson, ruddy-faced Omaha clothier), clothed in proud embarrassment and silks, was crowned, throned, cheered. Rich, rotund, charitable King Swanson had twice previously (1937, 1938) been decorated by the King of Sweden. Honoring France's liveliest cinemactor with the Legion of Honor, the French Government made him Chevalier Maurice Chevalier...
Perhaps your worthy publication has been deluged with protests from loyal Nebraskans to the effect that we do not have the "Quivers" out here. I refer to your statement on p. 49 ot your Oct. 16 publication in which you state that our King Ak-sar-ben and his Gracious Consort were crowned in the "Royal Castle of Quivers." Since we Nebraskans leave all of the "quivering" to Californians, may I inform you that it is the "Royal Castle of Quivera!" One thing you may be sure of-there is nothing "quivering" in the enthusiasm of this particular Nebraskan...
...Coliseum, Omaha celebrated its autumn festival, the "Coronation of His Royal Highness King Ak-Sar-Ben XXXIX and His Gracious Consort the Queen, at the Royal Castle of Quivers." Crowned King Ak-Sar-Ben XXXIX (Nebraska backwards) was Hotelman Eugene Chase Eppley, 48-year-old bachelor. Queen was Margaret Monell Doorly...