Word: entertain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Aiko Nagai, the plump geisha, poked hopefully among the ruins of her house. "All I saved was my samisen [three-stringed guitar]," she said, "but I'm going to entertain at a party tonight. Thank heaven, in our business we don't have to worry so much about equipment...
...living with two kids when her husband deserted her? Mom just ran a joint on a small scale. We'd operate until the cops got wise. Then they'd move in and close us down, and we'd move somewhere else. Marion and I would entertain the customers by dancing and singing. We really lived that way until we were 12 and 14 years old . . . Things were really tough. At one time we were down to one can of beans...
Coach Dolph Samborski sends his freshman baseball team in search of its third straight victory against New Prep at 3:45 p.m. today at Soldiers Field. Tomorrow, the Yardlings entertain Cushing Academy...
...There are only two ways to make a lot [of money] while you're young," says the heroine of Kathleen Winsor's second novel. "One is to entertain the public; and the other is to cheat it." To make a lot of money while she was young, Kathleen wrote a novel called Forever Amber. It sold more than 1,750,000 copies and entertained or cheated more readers than almost any novel about a predatory female since Gone With the Wind...
Under the old system, law students could entertain girls after 10 p.m. until 12 midnight only under special conditions, when a Law School dean gave written permission. Girls must still visit students' rooms in pairs under the new regulations...