Word: bachelor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...frightened young man and woman on trial in Phnom-Penh last week were two of the eight children of deposed Premier Norodom Sihanouk. They were Prince Norodom Naradipo, 26, a quiet-living bachelor and connoisseur of traditional Khmer theater who was once thought to be a likely successor to his father; and his half sister Princess Botum Bopha, 20, who is the mother of a young child. They stood accused, along with 18 other defendants, of espionage and propaganda activities in behalf of the Communist and Sihanouk cause, an act punishable by death...
...Galley case. He awoke in his San Clemente bedroom at 2 a.m., made some notes, and next morning called in his senior aides to consult about what could be done. His first decision was to intervene as Commander in Chief to permit Galley to continue living in his bachelor's quarters at Fort Benning until all his appeals have been acted upon. It was a decision probably reflecting Nixon's concern both as President and as politician: the move might help cool the country and would appeal to Nixon's natural constituency. Such presidential intervention was most...
William McBride, 25, a shaggy-haired Los Angeles bachelor, lost his fiancée during the lengthy separation. He thinks that they would have broken up eventually anyway, and that the trial merely hastened matters. In any event, intimate companionship was a problem for him. Spouses stayed overnight with married jurors on weekends. Mrs. John Baer, wife of the 61-year-old electrical technician who was considered the most dutiful juror, called her visits to the Ambassador Hotel a "second honeymoon." But unmarried jurors were not officially allowed any company, and McBride had the authorities peering over his shoulder...
...work crowd and the overnighters. Honeymooners sometimes turn up, as well as old marrieds anxious for a night away from the kids or the in-laws; Santiago has a housing shortage, and few apartments allow much privacy. But 90% of the patrons are young, single Chileans, for whom a bachelor flat is an impossible luxury. For them, only the Valdivia and less elegant places like it afford an indoor liaison...
...enjoyed it and I've had it! My round house in Los Angeles is up for sale, and I'm looking for a conventional square one. The architecture is magnificent, but there is no economy in the round and even less comfort. It's a great bachelor pad, and she will never feel cornered in it, but wait until you try to buy furnishings for that oval and wind up having them made at four times the usual price, plus having to design them yourself...