Word: bostonianism
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...Group is also a compendium of period ideas (the '30s) in politics, interior decoration, sex, art, child care and the management of husbands. There is Libby, devoutly literary; Dottie, the only Bostonian at Vassar who is not identifiable by tweed; Helena, impeccably educated from birth by a cultivated clubwoman mother; Polly, whose father has gone "loony" after the crash of '29; Kay, beautiful and serious, most responsive to the conscience of The Group; Priss, hereditary Vassar, destined for social work; Pokey, rich and horsy; Lakey, "the Mona Lisa of the Smoking Room," who has everything. Rich, beautiful...
...bill of two important plays opens tonight at the Hotel Bostonian. Under the direction of David Wheeler, the Theatre Company of Boston will present Edward Albee's The Zoo Story and Jean Genet's The Maids...
Happy Days at the Bostonian and the current revival of O'Neill's All God's Chillun at Brandeis are far and away the two most important theatrical events of the season. Need more be said...
...bureau for a quarter of a century, is about to retire. His successor: Robert M. White, president of the Travelers Research Center, which does research in meteorology and other fields for Connecticut's Travelers Insurance Co. White is the very model of a New Frontier weatherman: a Bostonian by origin, a Harvardman, and only 40. He has never been in Tulsa...
Ever since he got his first catboat at eleven, Bostonian George O'Day, 40, has idolized sailboats. Regarded as one of the world's best downwind sailors, O'Day has handled almost every class of boat up to sleek 12-meter racers (he was the successful Weatherly's assistant skipper during last year's America's Cup races) and has a seasoned eye for grace ful lines and good design. About the only boats that O'Day doesn't like are those he makes himself...