Word: drews
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Supreme Court has made criticism of a public official virtually libel-proof. Only if a newsman maliciously lies in print can a suit be brought successfully. So it was that last month Connecticut Senator Thomas Dodd called off his libel suit against Columnists Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson (TIME, Dec. 22). But Dodd continued to press action against the newsmen for having conspired in the stealing of some of his private documents. It was those documents that Pearson and Anderson had used in the columns that first brought Dodd's financial indiscretions to light. Dodd figured that they...
...long way from Swan Lake, and it drew a few boos on opening night at Lincoln Center last week, but George Balanchine's new ballet is added proof of the inventiveness of the nation's No. 1 choreographer...
...candlelight was "far more romantic." By the end, the guests agreed that in all things great and small the planning had been perfect, the execution superb. "Fantastic!" exclaimed Countess Rodolfo Crespi as she departed. "So marvelous," cried Princess Luciana Pignatelli. "What fun," beamed Rebekah Harkness. As for Obolensky, he drew himself up to his full 6-ft. 3-in. height, then confessed: "I'm exhausted. Organizing all these beautiful women is tiring...
...surprises is that many of the once admired esthetes look downright banal today, while several of the philistines positively shine. William Powell Frith (1819-1909) had nothing but contempt for "the crazes in art," preferred to depict "the infinite variety of everyday life." His Derby Day (center color pages) drew such huge crowds to the Royal Academy in 1858 that it had to be protected by a guard rail...
...gang jumped out of the car and beat Pieper and Vernaglia, kicking Vernaglia in the head, until the commotion drew a group of Kirkland House students outside. The seven then field in their car while a group of students--several of them on the track team--ran after them. The car's license plates were covered with rags, and none of the students could get close enough to pull off the rags or identify...