Word: entertainment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Beginning the afternoon's activities, the Jayvee boats will get underway at 4:30 o'clock. At home, the 150 lb. crew will entertain Pennsylvania, Princeton...
...ocean crossing, the shy, religiously intellectual Croly had a challenging book on political philosophy to his credit (The Promise of American Life), and a burning desire to run a liberal magazine. Impressed by his zeal, the Straights straightway became his converts and backers. His object: "Less to inform or entertain [my] readers than to start little insurrections in the realm of their convictions...
...Glory. Lord Alexander would be a "Governor" of Canada in name only. The job had glory but no authority. Socially, he would link Canada to the Mother Country, but politically he would be a nonentity. He would have to present himself, smiling, at all sorts of functions. He would entertain and be entertained. He would have to show interest in every form of public activity, from a cornerstone-laying to a charity bazaar. He would open sessions of Parliament, and sign bills. He would have ample time for sightseeing around the country, and would live in grand style...
...entertain conjecture of a time...
...formed (stations in Paris and Le Havre) to entertain occupation forces, not Frenchmen. But there was nothing to keep Parisians and others from tuning into the recorded programs from America -Bob Hope, Fibber McGee, Fred Allen, etc., into Beaucoup de Mtisique, an hour-long afternoon jive session, or Midnight in Paris, a two-hour nightly dance program. Unlike dull, politicky French radio, which suspended afternoon broadcasts four days a week to cut costs, AFN had become as staple a fare as red wine. Gaston Deferre, French Under Secretary of Information, asked formally that the U.S. Army keep the network going...