Word: enjoyments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...aims of the new government are two: to secure and maintain full employment, and to erect an adequate system of social security for all," Gordon-Walker asserted. "It does not regard starving men as free. One cannot enjoy liberty unless certain assurances and securities are guaranteed...
Maybe I have no sense of humor (whatever that is), but I usually enjoy the same jokes and witticisms that other people laugh at. And in my opinion the most readable portion of the last Lampoon was the ads. A careful reading of the entire issue brought me not a single laugh, not even a gentle smile. Things have reached the point that I read the Lampoon with the same attitude with which I approach Cunningham's column--just to see what the fool has to say this time...
Roberts' fans are most likely to enjoy the Haitian chapters, many of which bubble with the heat and smell of the country, the tragicomic chaos of the days of Toussaint, Henri Christophe and Dessalines. Lydia's standout character: King Dick, giant, uninhibited Sudanese ex-slave who figured in Author Roberts' The Lively Lady and who swaggers happily around Haiti with pearls as big as birds' eggs, a harem of doting wives and a 5-ft. bamboo shillelagh. Lydia Bailey is the stuff that sells, but doesn't survive...
...makers of Stairway to Heaven-plumpish, rumpled Writer Emeric Pressburger and high-strung, contentious Director Michael ("Micky") Powell-can boast a freedom in their work that few other moviemakers in the world enjoy. Having collaborated on some of Britain's best films (Colonel Blimp, The Invaders) they are one of Cinemogul J. Arthur Rank's most free-reined independent producing units. Mr. Rank picks up their check without bothering too much about the details of what they have ordered...
...Much?" One night last week Manhattan Architect Wallace Harrison, who had helped build Rockefeller Center for the Rockefellers, walked into Manhattan's jangling, spangly Monte Carlo where Bill Zeckendorf was just beginning to enjoy himself. It was his sixth wedding anniversary, his partner's 34th birthday. Architect Harrison had a map of Manhattan in his hand. Ringing Zeckendorf's East Side site with a pencil, he asked: "How much?" Without batting an eye, Zeckendorf tossed off his answer: $8,500,000. Forthwith, a 30-day option in the name of John D. Rockefeller Jr. was signed...