Word: confab
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...play is less polemical than comedic. It begins .with a family confab in Lady Britomart Undershaft's London town house. Long estranged from Andrew, the haughty lady (Betty Leighton) knows her select social turf, but that's all. Daughter Sarah (Janet Barkhouse) is enamored of a bean-brained fop (Briain Pet-chey) and Barbara is in love with Adolphus Cusins (Tom Kneebone), an impecunious teacher of Greek...
...confab was interrupted by an incessant stream of phone calls from down-at-the heels disco acts. "Hello, Mr. Murdoch, this is Gladys Knight." The voice was unmistakable. She was muttering something about her new solo effort--"Midnight Train to Canberra," I think she said--and how the Pips were a thing of the past. Rupe told her to forget music for the moment: "Honey, I've got bigger things planned for you...Ever hear of New West...
Over 1,000 volunteer and professional Scout leaders attended the 2-day meeting which featured business and organizational sessions, training seminars and conferences, as well as several events to motivate and recognize the work of the region's adult volunteers. Directing the confab was R. Heath Larry, vice-chairman of the board, United States Steel Corporation. is a slate in name only, with its members holding different positions on major issues, it is expected to help the conservative voter identify his kind of politicians...
...Democratic gubernatorial nomination in New York's primary, Samuels received a blow: his son Howie, 17, was arrested in Greenwich Village for possessing hashish. Instead of cringing in embarrassment, Samuels called a family confab, took his children's advice and came out for liberalized marijuana laws. (Last week the charges against Howie were dropped.) Something similar befell Oregon's Republican Governor Tom McCall, whose son Sam, now 20, has battled heroin addiction since the age of 15. McCall still takes a dim view of all drugs. But now he feels "charitable" toward draft resisters and recently blasted Oregonians for refusing...