Word: chaman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...international set at Istanbul was telling a true one on wealthy and open-handed Indian Ambassador Diwan Chaman Lall. Despite a 10% service charge tacked on to all his bills at the famed Park Hotel, Ambassador Lall knew well that the hotel's underpaid staff would be expecting tips when he left. So one day recently before rushing to catch the Ankara Express, he armed himself with a handful of crisp banknotes to take care of them. Sure enough, when he checked out, there was an expectant echelon of busboys, waiters, doormen, bellmen, telephone girls and elevator operators...
Another major upset took place when Mrs. Jack Oakie, onetime Follies showgirl who was judging Afghans, passed over Marion Florsheim's Ch. Rana of Chaman of Royal Irish, who had gone to the finals last year. Thus, when the six group winners padded into the ring for final judging, two favorites were missing. The group finalists included an English sheepdog, an English springer spaniel, an English-bred West Highland white terrier, a silver-grey borzoi (Russian wolfhound), a black poodle, a brown Pomeranian. The two dogs that commanded the fanciers' attention were the Old English sheepdog, Ch. Merriedip...