Word: drinking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...waitresses at L'Humanité's peace cocktail party wore neat, black dresses and crisp white aprons. They served only one drink -a pale yellow liquid which tasted vaguely like a martini. About a hundred foreign newspapermen, including only a handful of Americans, showed up at the party on the seventh floor of the building. The official host was stooping, white-haired Marcel Cachin, director of L'Humanité, whose attacks on the U.S. have been among the most violent and slanderous. He greeted U.S. journalists with great cordiality: "How nice of you to come...
Duclos was in great form, he grabbed two American correspondents and said they must drink to peace. He raised his glass and shouted, "Here is to peace! The whole world wants peace . . . France needs peace . . . the American people want peace, they've shown it at the elections . . . a la paix...
During her Broadway apprenticeship, back in 1918, Tallulah was regarded as a "most beautiful girl." Her hair came down to her knees, thick as a cloak. She had not begun to drink or smoke. ("I was a completely good girl in those days.") "But she was never simple," says Actress Estelle Winwood, one of her oldest friends. "She was as sophisticated then...
...crossed the street, all the cars seemed to leap at him. There was some spirit after all. Vag jumped back quickly, but with a smile on his face. Hitching up his tie, he walked confidently back toward the Pro. The Harvard-Yale rivalry was still around--he would drink to it, after The Game...
Other night life, mostly in Boston, includes an immense number of "Rooms." For those who want a floor show with their drinks and music the Darbury Room is fairly cheap, and the Oval Room, with an "All-College Dance," is fairly expensive. For the collegiate atmosphere, with plenty of group singing, etc., the Fife and Drum Room is a good bet, while probably the lowest-priced in the whole field of dine-dance-drink is the Campus Room...