Word: divan
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...were unaware of the momentous change until the news began to tick in on the Marble Room teletypes. Newsmen, hurrying down to the Senate floor again, asked Taft to meet them in the President's Room. In a few minutes he obliged them, seated himself on a leather divan and cheerfully answered a barrage of questions from some 30 correspondents...
...wish to put your mind at rest on the matter of my "rocking chair and divan" (letter of 21 May). I must express my surprise when your caretaking people considered them "a hazard to maids." You see they came into my possession this fall in virtually their present condition and have been around the University eight or ten years. I can testify that they have seen almost daily service this year for "rocking and diving," and neither a fatality or other hazard-caused casualty has resulted. This you see, is my principal amazement: if my friends and I have survived...
...condition of your rocking chair and divan has been brought to my attention by our Caretaking people. These two items of furniture, in our opinion, constitute a hazard for maids...
...dramatic staging of Margaret Webster demonstrate that Broadway techniques can effectively be applied to grand opera. The height of voluptuousness came in the first scene of Act Two. Blanche Thebom may not be the world's most beautiful Amneris, but when I saw her lounging on her divan being fanned and bathed by dozens of slaves, I couldn't help wondering why Radames chose the rotund Aida instead...
...them was a childhood memory: his father had once ordered an enormous red divan for his Paris bistro, hoping to attract a fancier clientele. When it arrived, it was too big for the bistro, so his father punched a hole in the wall of Roland's adjoining bedroom to make it fit. At night, young Roland could see a little into the cafe; he remembered particularly one regular customer, a "beautiful woman," of whom he could seldom see more than a white arm and shoulder. Another idea in Petit's head came from watching a performance of South...