Word: entertain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...life. He was canny with money, never wanted, and during the Depression supported from 30 to 40 needy men on his California ranch. He was an honored citizen of Burbank, and as he grew older, liked to get his vast bulk into a Santa Claus suit before Christmas and entertain children at a local department store. He never lacked whisky to sip, nor friends with whom to mull over the "great old days." He was 77 last week when he suffered a heart attack in his chair, asked his niece to call a doctor. He was dead when the doctor...
Charles Gordon '54, co-chairman of the All-College Weekend, expressed disappointment at the action of the Housemasters. "We had hoped to extend parietal rules, so that students could entertain their dates in their rooms until they decide to go to the dance. After all," he said, "most people will arrive at the dance an hour late...
...debut. Pearl Harbor disrupted things; it made the parties wilder and more frequent. And then they all went into the army, all the bright young men. When they came back, some, like Gopher Marsh, had high resolves which vanished quickly, in an alcoholic solvent. Most returned happily to entertain the same old friends and same old ideas. A few, like Gus Taylor, escaped to reality...
...potentially dangerous doctrine, as the activities of recruiters at other schools have borne out. Harvard has wisely and traditionally emphasized the participation, not the spectator side of athletics. Its "athletic prestige" rests on an excellent program of "Athletics-for-All" rather than on the teams it produces to entertain the public...
After Dr. Duzik's death, Actress Haver turned more of her energies to charity work. In particular, she liked to entertain the patients at St. John's and to talk with the Sisters of Charity who nursed them...