Word: diner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...same day Alfonso XIII landed from his cruiser at Marseilles, took the train to rejoin his family. Reporters hopped aboard at every stop but were firmly excluded from the Royal compartment. In the diner one newshawk peeped into the Royal casserole, reported that Alfonso was lunching off a truffled pigeon...
Golden Umbrellas, After landing at Vancouver, after greetings from Canadian officials, Siam's King & Queen will board the Canadian Pacific private car Van Home, their suite will board two compartment Pullmans, detectives and guards will board two ordinary Pullmans, and, with diner, club car and baggage car attached the Royal special will speed Eastward, crossing the U. S. frontier at Portal, N. Dak. about midnight April 19. Drowsy officials despatched 1,700 miles by the State Department will extend greetings to H. R. H. the Prince of Sukhodaya (King Prajadhipok's incognito...
...Senate Chamber and House of Representatives; in the ape-house of the Bronx Zoo; in the White House executive offices; in the Roxy Theatre, Manhattan and in Paramount Theatre, Paris; in Lakeside Press, Chicago (where TIME is printed); in the Secretariat, Delhi, India; in Diner No. 1418 on the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe; in the San Francisco Stock Exchange; in the London County Council Hall; in Postum Cereal Co., Battle Creek, Mich.; and in many another structure, Carrier Engineering Corp. has installed equipment to condition...
This novel took four years to write, but tells of the happenings of only 24 hours. It starts with rich, spiteful old Hector Champion's dinner party in his Manhattan apartment, then follows each diner home: Spinster Savina Jerrold to her spinster-shared brownstone house, her spinster memories; Clubman Jim Towner to his night-club mistress; Tycoon Melbourn first to jilt his paramour, Jim Towner's wife, then to propose honorable marriage to cool, semi-adventuress Mrs. Wintringham; young Philip Dantry to his first night of love with his clay-footed actress idol. Other figures, not so outwardly...