Word: entertained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That was Harvard's big riverside gala Wednesday night on the Charles. Apart from its failure to entertain, the celebration was also the only planned opportunity for Cambridge to share in the bounty of the University's 350th birthday party. Outside of traffic jams, roped off parking places, and long lines at every store and restaurant in the Square, the big blowout down by the river was Harvard's big gift to the city...
...claiming to be a Harvard graduate handedout leaflets around campus yesterday, but alsofound time to entertain four porters outsideQuincy House with a 25-minute monologue on allthat ails the University...
...least, was the feeling of Wyeth's fiercely protective neighbors in Chadds Ford as they were besieged by reporters last week. The locals understand the artist-model relationship, and they figure they know Andy Wyeth. So dismissive are they of any charge of infidelity that they are willing to entertain -- and be entertained by -- the possibility of a Wyeth scam. "This whole thing could be a ploy," said Karl J. Kuerner III, who lives on top of Kuerner Hill, where Wyeth frequently sketched his grandparents. An employee at the Brandywine called it the "best stunt I've ever seen...
...Boeing for $113 million and was promptly attacked for making the deal at "fire-sale" prices. Retorted the Conservative leader: "I don't believe that government should do what private industry can do better." Mulroney may next take offers for Air Canada, the national airline, and may even entertain bids for Canada Post, the country's mail service...
...Chairman Peterson Zah were schoolmates, but as Sidney says, "When I was elected, the friendship took a vacation." Sidney threatens to break a sacred buckskin treaty wand if the Navajo do not evacuate Hopi land, which would signify the complete collapse of an ancient vow, and he refuses to entertain notions of a land swap or cash deal to settle matters. Each side is waging a sophisticated publicity campaign, assisted by experienced outside activists. Indeed, for all his talk of "sacred" Hopi lands, Chairman Sidney has posed for pictures in ancient Hopi villages, violating a religious prohibition...