Word: benefited
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...horse. Among the casualties: the British Labor Party (which Young served as research secretary from 1945-51); the commissar's cast of mind that sees education solely as a means for national advancement; the sociologist's view of the individual as a cell that lives for the benefit of the organism, society; and the psychologist's notion that intelligence and aspiration can be measured like prize trout...
...They are harmless relics-harmless, that is, so long as nobody mistakes them for anything significant . . . Abroad, Britain's reputation as an old curiosity shop will be enhanced and our tourist earnings may benefit...
...jovial scene. President Iskander Mirza and his new Premier, General Mohammed Ayub Khan, sat having tea together for the benefit of newsreel cameramen. Like the good friends they were, they joshed each other, and when Mirza noticed that the general was blinking in the glare of strong lights set up by the cameramen, he chuckled: "You've got to learn to be an actor." Two and a half hours later that evening. President Mirza was stunned to discover that General Ayub Khan was a better actor than he had thought. Three lieutenant generals appeared at the presidential palace, informed...
...Daily Mirror commented: "Never was so large a bed used by so small a man with so little apparent regard for sleep." Frankie spent most of his insomnia with Adelle Beatty. Ostensibly in town to introduce Danny Kaye and other stars of Me and the Colonel at a benefit opening, Frankie took her to three parties on three successive evenings, particularly wowed Lady Northampton's guests. "Perfectly adorable," said Lady Lewisham, and Lady Dalrymple-Champneys was so stricken with the Sinatra charm that she gasped: "I'd like him to meet the Duchess of Gloucester...
Eternity lasted less than a day. Lured by three phone calls from London, Lady Beatty returned, her lovely face rashless. Nevertheless, when it was finally time for the benefit, Frankie assured his audience, including Queen Elizabeth, that "I came from Los Angeles just to do this job, not to get married." When he was presented to her, the Queen asked: "Hello, how are you?" Said Frankie: "I'm well...