Word: canasta
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...master of King George VI's household (appointed in 1944 when Margaret was only 14), he had the constant duty of accompanying the royal family in all its lighter moments. Group Captain Townsend rode with the princesses, escorted Margaret to parties, flew her planes in air races, played canasta with the Queen, and by royal command enlivened many a gathering at Sandringham or Balmoral with his quick wit and boyish charm. He was, moreover, a securely married man who lived with his wife and two sons (the youngest of whom is the late King George's godson...
...guilty as he is," sobbed Diane. "I want the same punishment he gets." When the two youngsters were brought together to be flown back to New York, they put their heads together, kissed, and beamed for the photographers; on the five-hour flight to Rochester, they played canasta and laughed like honeymooners...
...Soul," "Life's Darkest Moment," "The Thrill That Comes Once in a Lifetime") of a heart attack; on a train near Bridgeport, Conn. Webster's most popular creation was fluttery, myopic Caspar Milquetoast, but he was nearly as well-known for his cartooned jibes at bridge and canasta fiends, radio & TV (for which he received a Peabody Award in 1950), wives who never understand a joke, and for his knowing, sometimes poignant recollections of a turn-of-the-century childhood...
...seated at a meal of canned soup, spaghetti, chili con carne, milk and coffee when Joseph and Schuer returned. "May I come in?" asked Joseph politely, standing in the kitchen doorway. Later the men played poker. They asked Betsy to join them, but she said that she played only canasta. The robbers told her they didn't know that game. Most of the time they kept the radio tuned to dance music, and they used no profanity...
...ways Clark is a standard assembly-line model. U.S. generals are supposed to avoid such dreamy and imprecise stuff as highbrow art, music and books; Clark fishes and reads the Satevepost. Card games are okay; in the last two weeks Clark has had time for just one go at canasta with his wife (he won). U.S. generals are not supposed to get fat, lest they look bad in uniform; Clark is lean, tall (6 ft. 2 in.) and rangy. When they are afoot, U.S. generals are expected to stride, not amble; Clark strides. In the European theater, fraternization with troops...