Word: bestowal
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...three months in Hollywood, a celebrity among celebrities. "It was the turning point of my life," says Dorothy today. And so it was. In 1938, on the death of O. O. Mclntyre, the Journal's Broadway columnist, the paper passed over a field of eager contenders to bestow Mclntyre's mantle on the little girl from Brooklyn who had talked her way around the world. Bud Ekins, by then, was roving the Far East for U.P. When he died last week he was editor-publisher of the Schenectady, N.Y., Union-Star...
...were, they sounded like popguns in comparison to the detonations that greeted his end-of-the-week budget message. New York Times Columnist Arthur Krock all but kissed the U.S. goodbye. "Item by item," wrote Krock, "the budget reflects the weird and incessantly disproved economic theory that government can bestow all these material benefits without a grim reckoning at any time in the future. It is the death of a viable economy that is risked by the items which pile on the billions." Predicted the Omaha World-Herald: "If his proposed budget is adopted, America may get to the moon...
...17th century Hotel des Invalides. General de Gaulle draped over General Norstad's shoulder the crimson sash and golden star of the Legion of Honor, its highest award. Like a courting giraffe, le grand Charles bent to give Lauris the buss that only one hero can bestow upon another...
Wives who loathe the hostess, love the host, clearly cannot kiss only the latter. (Best choice: kiss both.) Professionally, what about the boss's wife? (Let her kiss first.) Physically, how to avoid the host determined to bestow a really really warm welcome? (Embrace his wife until spontaneity ebbs.) Does a kiss upon entrance demand a similar display on the way out? (Only if the host blocks the only exit...
Mark Mullin ran his last race for Harvard Saturday at Villanova, and ended one of Harvard's most distinguished athletic careers with an unforgettable flourish. Today the Crimson track captain will receive the William J. Bingham award, the highest athletic honor the University can bestow...