Word: entertain
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...skeleton staff is a necessity, since the Guinnesses would much rather entertain than be entertained. "I give many more dinners in Paris than in the States," says Gloria. "All the lonely boys come to see us. Actors, writers, scientists, professors, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, members of Parliament, Art Buchwald. It is exciting! When anybody comes to town they call up and we ask them to dinner. It is delightful, and so much more fun than the planned formal party...
...Hope Show (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).* Highlights of Hope's Christmastime tour to entertain servicemen in the North Atlantic, with Jayne Mansfield, Jerry Colonna...
...powers, controls and discretions, he can exercise enormous influence on the flow of legislation. No law may be enacted without the Speaker's signature. His right to refuse recognition to members rising to speak on the floor is a legislative tool of immense power; his discretionary privilege of entertaining or refusing to entertain a motion is another...
Thomas Brackett Reed of Maine, the son of a sailor, was a giant of a man (6 ft. 3 in., 275 Ibs.) who ruled the House by brute genius, and raised the speakership to a peak of authority. By refusing to entertain "dilatory motions" (i.e., anything he disliked), Republican Reed won arbitrary power over the calendar of legislation. By counting silent members as present, he frustrated the Democratic minority's parliamentary ploy of preventing a quorum by refusing to vote. The "Reed Rules," many of which are still in use, ended House filibusters for all time. Reed was known...
...Four Lads and the 24-piece Richard Maltby Band will entertain at the saturday freshman formal dance April 28 for Jubilee Weekend...