Word: dawn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Night. But the Desert Inn could afford momentary setbacks. Wilbur had invited 150 $10,000-men (citizens eligible to $10,000 in credit)-and most of them played until dawn, side by side with hordes of silver-dollar bettors. And that was not the end of the excitement. The hotel stayed jammed, the play kept on at a rising tempo night after night and at week's end rose spectacularly higher...
...machine-gun belts. When he went on leave he engaged in some of the most spectacular binges Paris had ever seen, but when he was flying he was a strict teetotaler-even though many of his mates drank hard at night against the chances of quick death at dawn. On Sept. 24, 1918 he was commissioned a captain and put in command of the squadron...
...same time he went to work for General Motors, and became an officer, successively, of a list of its aircraft subsidiaries. Rickenbacker coursed the country as a public speaker. His Speedway press parties, held on the eve of the 500-mile Memorial Day race, were Homeric-whisky flowed until dawn, and Rickenbacker called for order by hammering the table with a baseball...
...visit should not weary him. He is not only an indefatigable party-thrower but a devoted partygoer. At a state ball during his visit to Rio two years ago, he made the gesture of leaving with President Dutra at midnight, then returned, removed his presidential sash, and sambaed till dawn...
Four students face action by the Dean's Office today for a dawn escapade in Wellesley yesterday morning which landed them in Dedham District Court. The four undergraduates entered pleas of guilty and paid $25 fines on charges of drunkenness and disturbing the peace...