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George Kennan plainly thrives on the controversy. Says he: "It's a vacation from the strains of scholarship. I feel like a boy out of school." Kennan and his Norwegian-born wife Annelise entertain to advantage (nearly 300 Yugoslavs so far) in their house, just down the street from Tito's villa. He has had six private sessions with Tito, more than any of the 45 other ambassadors in Belgrade. He explores the countryside on horseback or by car, has been busily reading Yugoslav literature (including all four novels by 1961 Nobel Laureate Ivo Andric). When he found...
...guitar has obvious advantages. For one thing, the beginner can learn a few simple chords in a few minutes, and that entitles him to entertain his friends. The guitar is more portable than the piano, more civilized than the accordion; it looks good on girls and dashing on boys. And best of all, it has a plaintive beauty and warm tone even when played in an elementary fashion...
Twenty-one Harvard Clubs throughout the country will hold luncheons and dinners for undergraduate during the Christmas recess. The Harvard Club of Worcester will entertain Friday, Dec. 22. On Tuesday, Dec. 26, the Harvard Club of Miami will host students of the Miami area. The following Harvard Clubs will have receptions on Wednesday, Dec. 27: Albany, Rochester, Pittsburgh, Cincinnatti, Detroit, Atlanta, New Haven, Chicago, Kansas City, and Jacksonville...
MOST gift books are glossy of cover, bland of content, irreproachably expensive. They are intended to flatter rather than to instruct or entertain...
...years Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, though millionaire ranch owners back in Texas, put up, when in the capital, in a modest, nondescript house on the edge of Rock Creek Park. The house would do for a Texas Senator, but they could entertain only six or eight people at a time, and as their daughters, Lynda Bird (now 17) and Lucy Baines (14), grew up, the need for more room and closet space for all the L.B.J.s in the family became critical. And, as Vice President of the U.S., Lyndon felt the need of something a little more impressive...