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...roof of the Hotel Bradofrd, presenting the Ziegfeld Follies star, Jena Sargent, in the aristocrat of floor shows "Autumn Days." Fifty gorgeous "Boots McKenna girls" are dazzling. Seven course diner, $1.50. Never a cover charge. For reservations call...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PENTHOUSE | 11/6/1936 | See Source »

...outside, asked for apology, received none, and struck. There was one blow, no word of either Hauptmann case or next day's election. Verify by Rainbow Room attendants who picked up Wedemar and put him in elevator. I returned to table, made brief speech, no diner knew of unfortunate happening. Disparity in weights, yes. My suggestion to Wedemar that next time he feels urge to call a Governor name he called me to pick out a 130-lb. Governor. Am I wrong in believing that vaunted Freedom of Press does not include unbridled freedom of its agents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 15, 1936 | 6/15/1936 | See Source »

...Challenger dining car will serve break fast for 25?, lunch for 30?, dinner for 35?. Between meals the diner, hitherto the private preserve of the chief steward and his waiters, may be used as a club car for games and drinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: U. Progress | 5/11/1936 | See Source »

...soir Monsieur le professeur Morize assistera a un diner apres lequel il nous dira quelques mots. Tout membre de l'universite qui s'interesserait sera le bienvenue. La reunion aura lieu dans le Lowell House Common Room a dix heures vingt precises...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cercle Francais Presente Piece Par Henri Duvernois | 4/15/1936 | See Source »

...Hoover's running-mate in 1928 overwhelmed this onetime jockey and grandson of a Kaw Indian with a vast new selfimportance. He presided over the Senate with imposing dignity, began making dull speeches on all public occasions. Punctilious in his role as the Capital's No. 1 diner-out, he allowed his exuberant half-sister and official hostess to make a finish fight of her war for social precedence with the Speaker's lady, Alice Roosevelt Longworth. "Call me Mr. Vice President," he commanded his oldtime friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VICE PRESIDENCY: Death of Curtis | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

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