Word: entertained
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...problems. What was once a cozy private affair, supervised to the last detail by supercautious parents, became en masse a complicated business. Where, for instance, should au pairs eat their meals? With the family, as a half daughter, or in the kitchen, as a half maid? May they entertain friends at home once their work is finished, or see them only on days off? Since municipal and government agencies had no jurisdiction over such volunteer workers, perplexed housewives fell back on their own instincts, often with disastrous results...
Litton's defense claims that Steele was just a minor executive "who helped entertain visiting firemen," wryly concedes only that Steele, a onetime manager of the Beverly Hills Tennis Club, "was and perhaps is a very proficient tennis player." The jury will hear evidence over the next few months from 59 witnesses, including Charles Litton and contentious Noah Dietrich, Hughes's longtime right-hand man (they broke up); the onetime boss of the four men in the case, Dietrich will testify for Steele. The trial is sure to produce a lot of heat, and has already confirmed...
...past, extended parietals have been granted only for entry parties. These required that girls remain in designated rooms. Under the new system, on nights when parietals are extended a freshman may entertain in his own suite until midnight...
...full 28 hours before a tight-lipped McNamara appeared before newsmen to read a 146-word communiqué and refused to entertain any questions. Gist of his statement: two unnamed U.S. destroyers "were menaced" by four "unidentified vessels" and opened fire, after which the "vessels" disappeared...
...that span its ancient networks of canals (some of which are being filled in to provide 40 miles of expressways and parking space). By night, its theater and nightclub districts glow in gaudy neon. Fun-loving citizens fill dozens of giant cabarets, one of which offers 800 hostesses to entertain customers, or ogle the sights from a 338-ft. observation tower, the symbol of the city's growth. Osaka's myriad restaurants are noted for their epicurean meals-and it is just as well. The new trains from Tokyo carry buffet stalls but no dining car. Reason...