Word: brioni
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Hutchins of the University of Chicago was contemplating a vacation in the Adriatic. Knowing that James Joseph ("Gene") Tunney had honeymooned at the Island of Brioni. he put in a long distance telephone call to ask Major Tunney about it. The operator reported: "We are sorry, but Mr. Tunney's secretary reports Mr. Tunney does not speak to Chicago." Later in the week. Major Tunney called Dr. Hutchins, gushingly apologized, told him all about Brioni...
Travelers, in the know, who as a rule keep several years ahead of the Baedecker tourists and Raymond-Whitcomb enthusiasts have found Losinj. Trau (Petronius's Satyricon) Korcula. Hvar and Dubrovnik-Kupari in Jugoslavije as smart as Brioni and Cap Antibes and without, the sourness of the Lido...